Yasuke by Geoffrey Girard, Thomas Lockley

480 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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WARRIOR.SAMURAI.LEGEND.The remarkable life of history’sfirst foreign-born samurai,and his astonishing journeyfrom Northeast Africa tothe heights of Japanese society.The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an in...

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informative 88%
adventurous 70%
inspiring 11%
challenging 5%
dark 5%
hopeful 5%
reflective 5%
tense 5%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 38%

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