Oda Nobunaga: From the "Fool of Owari" to the Samurai Warlord Who Transformed Sengoku Japan (en Inglés)
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Before dawn on June 21, 1582, thirteen thousand soldiers surrounded a temple in Kyoto. Inside slept the most powerful man in Japan.By sunrise, Oda Nobunaga was dead, betrayed by one of his most trusted generals. His body was never found.Three decades earlier, his own retainers had mocked him as the Fool of Owari. He went on to crush the mighty Imagawa with a few thousand men, drive a shogun from the capital, break the army of the Takeda with massed firearms, and raise a castle that rose higher than any fortress Japan had ever seen. Then, at the summit of his power, it all ended in flames.What you're about to discover will change how you see the samurai age. Few people know that Nobunaga never truly unified Japan, or that the legend of his three rotating ranks of musketeers rests on no firm evidence. This vivid, carefully researched narrative history separates the warlord from the myth and reveals the hidden truth behind the man feared as the Demon King.Inside, you'll discover:The surprise attack at Okehazama that changed Japanese historyHow a peasant's son and an African stranger rose in his serviceWhy he burned Mount Hiei, and what his enemies got wrong about itThe betrayal at Honnō-ji and the thirteen days that followedNobunaga began the work that unified Japan. Understanding him means understanding how a shattered country was forged into one, and how ambition, genius, and cruelty can live in a single man. Read more