Scottish Samurai: Thomas Blake Glover, 1838-1911
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Thomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859, just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate, providing the rebels with war-winning, Scottish-designed warships, and modern arms. Bankruptcy by the age of thirty was barely a setback and he went on to become a pivotal figure in the rapidly expanding Mitsubishi empire, founding shipyards and breweries. As energetic in his...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:085786615X
ISBN13:9780857866158
Release Date:February 2012
Publisher:Canongate Books
Length:226 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 8.3"
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