Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune - Softcover

Pamela S. Turner; Gareth Hinds

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580895859 ISBN 13: 9781580895859

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S., 2018

Synopsis

A samurai fights for honor and survival in a real-life Game of Thrones.

Stirring narrative nonfiction recounts the rise of Minamoto Yoshitsune from seemingly doomed infant to immortal warrior-hero (and one of the most famous samurai in Japanese history). Acclaimed author Pamela S. Turner delivers all the drama, romance, and tragedy of the original story--with delightfully dry wit and a healthy dose of modern perspective. Gorgeous ink paintings by celebrated graphic-novelist Gareth Hinds complete this irresistible package.

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About the Author

PAMELA S. TURNER is the author of Life on Earth--and Beyond, The Dolphins of Shark Bay (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and the Orbis Pictus Honor Book The Frog Scientist (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Pamela lives in Oakland, California.

Gareth Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (Candlewick), which Publisher's Weekly called a "mixed-media gem", King Lear (Candlewick), which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens, The Merchant of Venice (Candlewick), which Kirkus Reviews called "the standard that all others will strive to meet" for Shakespeare adaptation, The Odyssey (Candlewick), which garnered four starred reviews and a spot on ten "best of 2010" lists, Romeo and Juliet (Candlewick), which Kirkus Reviews called "spellbinding", and Macbeth (Candlewick), which the New York Times called "stellar" and "a remarkably faithful rendering".

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Samurai Rising

The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

By Pamela S. Turner, Gareth Hinds

Charlesbridge

Copyright © 2018 Pamela S. Turner
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-58089-585-9

Few warriors are as famous as the Japanese samurai. We remember those beautiful swords and those fearsome helmets. We recall, with both horror and fascination, how some chose to end their own lives. But no one can understand the Japanese samurai without knowing Minamoto Yoshitsune. Yoshitsune’s story unfolds in the late twelfth century,during the adolescence of the samurai. Yes, cultures have their youth, maturity, and old age, just as people do. During Yoshitsune’s lifetime the samurai awakened. Their culture was bold, rebellious, and eager to flex its muscle. The samurai would ultimately destroy Japan’s old way of life and forge a new one using fire and steel and pain. Yoshitsune was at the very heart of this samurai rising. Hostage, runaway, fugitive, rebel, and hero, he became the most famous warrior in Japanese history. The reason is simple: Yoshitsune was the kind of man other samurai longed to be.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580895859
• ISBN 13: 9781580895859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256