After reading Gordon's book, this one felt superficial. However still decent survey on Japanese culture, history, and politics. It gave more insight into the actual culture than Gordon's work and significantly more accessible in terms of writing style. While it filled in the blanks for me, it trea...
This fictionalized account of the life of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is epic in proportion and entertaining from start to finish.
Only one word can describe this book: EPIC. Published initially in serial format, this is probably one of the best works of historical fiction I've ever read. Yeah it has cheesey martial arts elements to it, but the author takes very great pains to really develop all of the characters. We see the...