Bibliograph

The last samurai, the life and battles of Saigo Takamori, Mark Ravina

Type

Label

The last samurai, the life and battles of Saigo Takamori, Mark Ravina

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-254) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last samurai

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51898842

Responsibility statement

Mark Ravina

Sub title

the life and battles of Saigo Takamori

Table Of Contents

"Powerfully sentimental", Saigo's early years in Satsuma -- "A man of exceptional fidelity", Saigo and national politics -- "Bones in the earth", exile and ignominy -- "To shoulder the burdens of the realm", the destruction of the Shogunate -- "To tear asunder the clouds", Saigo and the Meiji State -- "The burden of death is light", the war of the southwest

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