Romulus Hillsborough: 4 books

Book cover of Samurai Tales

Samurai Tales

Courage, Fidelity and Revenge in the Final Years of the Shogun

by Romulus Hillsborough
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011

Samurai Tales is about the legendary men from the samurai class who fought for the helm of power in 19th century Japan. These are stories of courage, honor, fidelity, disgrace, fate, and destiny set in the bloody time of political change and social upheaval in the final years of the Shogun. The...
Book cover of Shinsengumi

Shinsengumi

The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps

by Romulus Hillsborough
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013

Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun. The only book in English about the Shinsengumi, it focuses on the corps' two charismatic leaders, Kondo Isami and Hijikata Toshizo,...
Book cover of Samurai Assassins

Samurai Assassins

"Dark Murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868

by Romulus Hillsborough
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017

Assassination—in Japanese, ansatsu or “dark murder”—was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun’s military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868. The ideology and moral philosophy of the men behind the...
Book cover of Samurai Revolution

Samurai Revolution

The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai

by Romulus Hillsborough
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014

See the dawn of modern Japan through the lens of the power players who helped shape it — as well as those who fought against it — in this exploration of Samurai history. Samurai Revolution tells the fascinating story of Japan's historic transformation at the end of the nineteenth century...
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