Samurai Assassins by Romulus Hillsborough

A vivid, concise collection of historical case studies that reconstructs real-life episodes of samurai who carried out political killings, examining the motives, tactics and ritual codes behind their strikes and placing each episode within the turbulent social and political landscape of feudal Japan, where honor, vendetta, shifting loyalties and clandestine violence shaped the warrior class.

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