{"product_id":"shoguns-last-samurai-corps","title":"Shoguns Last Samurai Corps","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315760996734,"sku":"NW9784805315460","price":11.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9784805315460.jpg?v=1778510411","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/shoguns-last-samurai-corps","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}