Cover of Musashi: The Way of the Sword

Musashi: The Way of the Sword

Musashi series

Keen insight to feudal Japan through a fictionalized account of the historical figure Miyamoto Musashi, author of The Book of Five Rings which is the defining document of the Way Of The Two Swords technique of fighting. This is the third book in the English series from the early 1980's. Preface describes this series as "Japan's Gone With The Wind..."

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 330 pages

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