Samurai: The World of the Warrior by Stephen Turnbull



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Title Samurai: The World of the Warrior
Artist Stephen Turnbull
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Date Wellingborough; University Park, IL: Osprey, 2003
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NotesMilitary Illustrated, December 2003
'Top 10 Military Books 2003'

Synopsis:
The world of the samurai - the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan - has for too long been associated solely with military history and has remained a mystery to the general reader. In this exciting new book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were. Familiar topics such as the cult of suicide, ritualised revenge and the lore of the samurai sword are seen in the context of an all-encompassing warrior culture that was expressed through art and poetry as much as through violence. Using themed chapters, the book studies the samurai through their historical development and their relationship to the world around them - relationships that are shown to persist in Japan even today.

About the Author:
Stephen Turnbull took his first degree at Cambridge University, and received a PhD from Leeds University for his research into Japanese religious history. His work has been recognised by the awarding of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies and a Japan Festival Literary Award, and he is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds. Stephen has travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East and runs a well-used picture library in the UK.
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