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Christ´s Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion
Jonathan Clements
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Description for Christ´s Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion
paperback. In 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms. The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers claiming to have the blessing of an alien god had bested trained samurai in ... Read more
The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms. The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers claiming to have the blessing of an alien god had bested trained samurai in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Robinson
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472137418
SKU
9781472137418
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About Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements is the author of many books on East Asian history, including biographies of Empress Wu, Admiral Togo, the statesman Prince Saionji and Coxinga, the Japanese-born 'pirate king'. He divides his time between London, England and Jyvaskyla, Finland. His website is schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com
Reviews for Christ´s Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion
Accessible and vivid . . . reads more like a novel than a work of history.
Katarzyna Kotas
japonia-online.pl
This is history writing at its best.
Fortean Times
A concise and lucid account of a unique period in Japan's history
Japan Times
Katarzyna Kotas
japonia-online.pl
This is history writing at its best.
Fortean Times
A concise and lucid account of a unique period in Japan's history
Japan Times