Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai by Romulus Hillsborough - 1999

1999 black softcover w red spine in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. Foreign delivery is possible through ASCENDIA with biblio.com. The founder of Japan's first modern corporation was a swaggering swordsman who packed a Smith and Wesson, an outlaw who led a band of samurai to overthrow the shogun, and one of the most colorful figures in Japanese history. His name was Ryoma, which is the title of the only biographical novel in English about this charismatic leader of the samurai revolution (i.e., Meiji Restoration). It is the authentic story of Ryoma's key role in the revolution, by which Japan was transformed from a country of hundreds of samurai clans under the control of the Tokugawa Shogun, into a modern industrialized world power under the unifying rule of the Emperor. Mid-19th-century Japan was a caldron of political upheaval and intrigue and bloody inner-fighting among samurai. This most enthralling age in the annals of… Read More

Ridgeback Pr, 1999-05. Paperback. Good.

Ridgeback Pr, 1999-05-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Ridgeback Press, 1999. Paperback. New. 506 pages. 9.00x5.50x1.00 inches.

Ridgeback Press, 1999-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

San Francisco: Ridgeback Press. NF. 2004. 3rd Printing. Paperback. 0966740165 . Very slight rubbing to black cover; Near Fine. Out of print; 6x9"; 501 p.; Signed by Author .