Hello
I’m keen about learning and reading about Saigo Takamori. I have little knowledge about samurai in general. I read about their wars and their code BUSHIDO now coming back to my question I found two books can you guys help me which one I should go for or if there is any better one ?
1. The Last Samurai Mark Ravina
2. Samurai: The True Story of the Last Warrior
by John Man
Thank you
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I don’t know the second book, but Ravina’s one is good and beginner friendly as it describes in details everything he is talking about, so you don’t have to have prior knowledge of political and social events of the time.
I’m reading https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1269747 this book now. So far so good. It strives for more depth but it does expect you to have at least some basic knowledge about the time period.