Yasuke The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai by Thomas Lockley

Yasuke The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai

Thomas Lockley

472 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society. The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an indentured mercenary...

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

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medium 61%
slow 38%

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