{"product_id":"the-shoguns-last-samurai-corps-romulus-hillsborough-9784805315460","title":"The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Power to them meant everything. It was founded on courage, which begot honor. And by this courage and for this honor they fought to the death.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shogun's Last Samurai Corps\u003c\/i\u003e tells the thrilling story of the Shinsengumi--the legendary corps of Samurai warriors tasked with keeping order in Kyoto during the final chaotic years of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book recounts the fascinating tales of political intrigue, murder and mayhem surrounding the fearsome Shinsengumi, including: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe infamous slaughter at Ikidaya Inn where, after learning of a plan to torch the city, a group of Shinsengumi viciously attacked and killed a group of anti-Tokugawa plotters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe bloody assassination of Serizawa Kamo, the Shinsengumi leader, under highly suspicious circumstances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe final tumultuous battles of the civil war in which the Shinsengumi fought and died in a series of doomed last stands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor and Samurai history expert Romulus Hillsborough uses letters, memoirs, interviews and eyewitness accounts to paint a vivid picture of the Shinsengumi, their origins, violent methods and the colorful characters that led the group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Romulus Hillsborough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 4805315466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784805315460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Romulus Hillsborough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047583740159,"sku":"9784805315460","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4d8a4cb-5fc1-49d1-95bc-2f1569805f4f.jpg?v=1684991048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shoguns-last-samurai-corps-romulus-hillsborough-9784805315460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}