Shogun's Last Samurai Corps

"e;Power to them meant everything. It was founded on courage, which begot honor. And by this courage and for this honor they fought to the death."e;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: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 plottersThe bloody assassination of Serizawa Kamo, the Shinsengumi leader, under highly suspicious circumstancesThe final tumultuous battles of the civil war in which the Shinsengumi fought and died in a series of doomed last standsAuthor and Samurai history expert Romulus Hillsborough uses letters, memoirs, interviews and eyewitness accounts to paint a vivid picture of the Shinsengumi, their origins, violent methods and the colorful characters that led the group.