The 47 Ronin Story

By John Allyn

Subjects: Japan, fiction, Feudalism, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, Revenge, History, Samurai

Description: _47 Ronin Story_ is the classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. In a shocking clash between the warriors and the merchant class of seventeenth century Japan, there emerged the most unlikely set of heroes--the forty-seven ronin, or ex-samurai, of Ako.