Beschreibung:
Thomas Lockley (Author) Thomas Lockley is a lecturer at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo where courses he's taught include the International History of Japan, Britain and Japan in History, and East Asia in Japanese History.Geoffrey Girard (Author) Geoffrey Girard has written a number of historical adventure non-fiction titles, and has previously been nominated for a Stoker award. He has an MA and an MFA in Creative Writing.
The life of the North African man who came to be known as Yasuke, travelling to Japan and rising through the ranks of society to become the first foreign-born samurai, presented here in advance of an upcoming film about Yasuke starring Chadwick Boseman.