Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1)
4/5/20261 hr 3 min
When did the Samurai come into being? How did they go from being provincial outsiders to masters of Japan, outstripping their aristocratic overlords? And, were they really the deadly, honour-driven warriors of myth?
Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the rise of history’s most formidable warriors; Japan’s lethal Samurai, and the proliferation of their legend.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Dominic Sandbrook· Host1:14
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