The African samurai
Shreve, Craig2023
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In 1579, a Portuguese trade ship docks in Japan. Aboard is an East African slave, prized bodyguard to a high-ranking Jesuit priest, who is on a mission to secure favour from Japan's most powerful warlord : Oda Nobunaga. When the warlord takes interest in the young man, the Jesuit simply hands him over as a gift. Under the tutelage of Nobunaga, he becomes the great warrior Yasuke, Japan's first foreign samurai, and the only one ever of African descent. As Nobunaga prepares his campaign to unify Japan after a century of civil war, Yasuke will need to protect his new lord from enemies both without, and within...
Main title:
The African samurai / Craig Shreve.
Author:
Shreve, Craig, author
Imprint:
London : Canelo Adventure, 2023.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781804366257 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2391960