The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi

Summary

The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps tells the thrilling story of the Shinsengumi—the legendary corps of Samurai warriors tasked with keeping order in Kyoto during the final chaotic years of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600–1868).

This book recounts the fascinating tales of political intrigue, murder, and mayhem surrounding the fearsome Shinsengumi, including:

&#9679 The infamous slaughter at Ikidaya Inn where, after learning of a plan to torch the city, a group of Shinsengumi viciously attacked and killed a group of anti-Tokugawa plotters

&#9679 The bloody assassination of Serizawa Kamo, the Shinsengumi leader, under highly suspicious circumstances

&#9679 The final tumultuous battles of the civil war in which the Shinsengumi fought and died in a series of doomed last stands