When Emperors Wept The First Shogun S War
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When Emperors Wept The First Shogun S War
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Author : Gaurav Garg
language : en
Publisher: Gaurav Garg
Release Date : 2025-06-02
When Emperors Wept The First Shogun S War written by Gaurav Garg and has been published by Gaurav Garg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-02 with Fiction categories.
The late twelfth century. Japan stands on a precipice. The once-glorious Heian era fades, its refined courtly culture overshadowed by the burgeoning power of the warrior class. At the zenith of this new order stands the Taira clan, their crimson banners a symbol of absolute authority under the formidable, yet increasingly tyrannical, Taira no Kiyomori. His ambition knows no bounds, culminating in the manipulation of the Imperial succession – an act of sacrilege that plunges a nation into the abyss of civil war. From the embers of past defeats, the Minamoto clan, the Genji, stirs. Minamoto no Yoritomo, an exile for two decades, his spirit tempered by hardship and a burning desire for retribution, receives a desperate call to arms from a wronged Imperial Prince. Cautious, calculating, and possessed of an unshakeable will, Yoritomo begins to weave a web of alliances in the Kanto, his stronghold of Kamakura destined to become the heart of a new warrior government. But the path to power is paved with blood and sacrifice. He is soon joined by his younger half-brother, Minamoto no Yoshitsune – a military genius of almost supernatural skill, charismatic, daring, and fated for both legendary triumphs and heartbreaking betrayal. Together, they and their loyal samurai face the Taira in a series of cataclysmic confrontations: Kiso Yoshinaka’s fiery brilliance at Kurikara Pass; Yoshitsune’s audacious descent at Ichi-no-Tani; the desperate valor at Yashima; and the apocalyptic naval slaughter at Dan-no-ura, where an Emperor and a sacred sword are lost to the waves. "When Emperors Wept: The First Shogun's War" sweeps readers into the heart of the Genpei War, a five-year epic of ambition, honor, loyalty, and devastating betrayal. It is a story of towering personalities – the ruthless Kiyomori, the calculating Yoritomo, the tragic hero Yoshitsune, the indomitable warrior-monk Benkei, and the astute Hōjō Masako. Witness the fall of one age and the violent birth of another, as the samurai rise to claim their destiny and forge a nation in the crucible of war, establishing a Shogunate that will rule Japan for nearly seven hundred years. But as the dust of battle settles, a new, more insidious conflict brews, testing the very bonds of blood and loyalty, proving that the most dangerous enemies often lie within.
The Thirteen Fires
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Author : Gaurav Garg
language : en
Publisher: Gaurav Garg
Release Date : 2025-06-23
The Thirteen Fires written by Gaurav Garg and has been published by Gaurav Garg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-23 with Fiction categories.
In 1775, as the first shots of the American Revolution echo in the north, a different war is brewing in the misty mountains of the southern frontier. At the infamous Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, the leaders of the Cherokee Nation, pressured by land speculators and the endless tide of settlers, agree to sell twenty million acres of their sacred homeland. But one war chief, a man whose face is a terrifying mask of scars and whose spirit is forged from unbreakable will, refuses to yield. His name is Dragging Canoe, and his dissent is not just a protest—it's a prophecy. He warns the buyers that the land they have purchased will be "a dark and bloody ground." This is the epic story of that prophecy's fulfillment. The Thirteen Fires chronicles the thirty-year struggle of Dragging Canoe, the visionary leader who broke away from the Cherokee Nation to form his own militant society—the Chickamauga—a people dedicated to a single, uncompromising purpose: eternal war against the United States. From his hidden capital in the Tennessee River Gorge, Dragging Canoe proves to be a brilliant and ruthless guerilla commander, his raids a constant, bleeding wound on the American frontier. He is opposed by John Sevier, a charismatic and equally ruthless frontiersman, the architect of the new state of Tennessee. Their personal conflict becomes the heart of a wider war, a brutal clash of two opposing visions for the future of the continent. As the years of bloodshed turn into decades, Dragging Canoe realizes that the warrior’s path alone cannot save his people. He must become a statesman, embarking on a desperate, final quest to unite the southern tribes into a single, powerful confederacy. It is a mad, ambitious dream, a last stand against a force that seems as inevitable as the setting of the sun. Based on meticulous historical research, The Thirteen Fires is a sweeping, tragic saga of a forgotten American war, and the story of a man who chose to fight for a world he knew was already dying.
The End Of The Shoguns And The Birth Of Modern Japan 2nd Edition
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Author : Mark E. Cunningham
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The End Of The Shoguns And The Birth Of Modern Japan 2nd Edition written by Mark E. Cunningham and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
How did the end of the shoguns pave the way for modern Japan? Between the eighth and twelfth centuries, emperors ruled Japan. But powerful families gained the loyalty of the samurai - the emperors’ warriors. In 1185 one local lord took control as shogun, leader of the samurai armies. For the next seven hundred years, the emperors were ceremonial figures, and the shoguns ruled Japan, banning interaction with the Western world. In the nineteenth century, Westerners demanded that Japan open to trade under the threat of invasion. Japan’s shogunate realized it didn’t have the military technology to fight them. When the shogun government made concessions to the Westerners, Japanese lords were outraged and returned their support to the emperor. The shogunate crumbled. In 1868 Emperor Meiji became ruler of Japan. He opened Japan to modern technology, and his military advisers created a global fighting force. The end of the shoguns, which led to the birth of modern Japan, was one of the world’s pivotal moments.
Kase Etsuki
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Author : John Cary Ambler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Kase Etsuki written by John Cary Ambler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
The Last Will Of Alexander
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Author : Gaurav Garg
language : en
Publisher: Gaurav Garg
Release Date : 2025-03-18
The Last Will Of Alexander written by Gaurav Garg and has been published by Gaurav Garg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-18 with Fiction categories.
The air in Babylon trembles as Alexander the Great succumbs to fever, his empire—the greatest the world has known—left leaderless with a single, devastating word: “Kratistos,” to the strongest. His generals, the Diadochi, waste no time mourning; Perdiccas clutches the royal ring, Ptolemy eyes Egypt’s riches, and Antigonus sharpens his ambitions in Asia Minor. Roxana, the Bactrian widow carrying Alexander’s heir, hides a secret succession plan whispered in their final nights—a fragile hope against the wolves circling her gilded cage. Olympias, exiled in Epirus, unleashes her fury, determined to avenge her son and reclaim the Argead dynasty, while Lysander, a weary Thracian scout, witnesses the empire’s unraveling with growing disillusionment. As the Partition of Babylon carves the realm into fragile satrapies, the Hellenistic world ignites in succession wars—from the Lamian rebellion in Greece to the desperate Siege of Nora. Ptolemy forges a kingdom blending Greek and Egyptian legacies, Antigonus dreams of reuniting the empire under his iron rule, and Eumenes defies odds with cunning. Yet amid the chaos, a new civilization emerges: the Library of Alexandria rises, Koine Greek binds distant lands, and a cult deifies Alexander’s name. But the Diadochi’s relentless power struggles weaken their realms, inviting Rome’s shadow to loom ever closer. The Empty Throne weaves a tapestry of military strategy, political intrigue, and personal sacrifice, chronicling the birth of an era—and the cost of its collapse.
American Invasions
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Author : Rocky M Mirza Ph D
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2010-08
American Invasions written by Rocky M Mirza Ph D and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with History categories.
American Invasions: Canada to Afghanistan, 1775 to 2010 is a thought-provoking analysis of the reasons for American invasions and warmongering over the last two centuries. Contrary to the views expressed by the Western media and Western historians the American Empire is not a force for the promotion of free thinking and democracy but instead a force for imperial conquests and imposed dictatorships through the use of a military-industrial complex, fed by the American Empire outspending the rest of the world combined, on weapons of mass destruction. The American Empire has used and will continue to use the most sophisticated weapons, from nuclear bombs to bunker-busting bombs to land mines to chemical and biological weapons, on defenseless men, women, and children to feed its insatiable appetite for warmongering and imperial expansion. It combines military bases around the world with military prisons used for torture and extraction of information. Its navy patrols every corner of the globe, and its planes can rain down bombs from the heavens on every civilian on the planet.
Good Words
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Good Words written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with English periodicals categories.
Good Words And Sunday Magazine
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Author : Norman Macleod
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Good Words And Sunday Magazine written by Norman Macleod and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with categories.
Emperor Of Japan
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Author : Donald Keene
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2005-06-14
Emperor Of Japan written by Donald Keene and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The renowned Japanese scholar “brings us as close to the inner life of the Meiji emperor as we are ever likely to get” (The New York Times Book Review). When Emperor Meiji began his rule in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor, a new constitution was adopted, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized state. Despite the length of his reign, little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of rapid and sometimes violent change during this pivotal period in Japan’s history. In this vivid and engrossing biography, we move with the emperor through his early, traditional education; join in the formal processions that acquainted the young emperor with his country and its people; observe his behavior in court, his marriage, and his relationships with various consorts; and follow his maturation into a “Confucian” sovereign dedicated to simplicity, frugality, and hard work. Later, during Japan’s wars with China and Russia, we witness Meiji’s struggle to reconcile his personal commitment to peace and his nation’s increasingly militarized experience of modernization. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest. “Utterly brilliant . . . the best history in English of the emergence of modern Japan.”—Los Angeles Times
The American Civil War
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Author : Ruben Ygua
language : en
Publisher: Ruben Ygua
Release Date : 2025-05-21
The American Civil War written by Ruben Ygua and has been published by Ruben Ygua this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-21 with Architecture categories.
We have complicated the study of the past by giving greater importance to nationalist, religious, and moral opinions and interests, relegating historical fact to a secondary role, subordinating it to the interests of the system that controls our education. We cannot accept this manipulation; it is our duty to free ourselves from these false cultural truths out of respect for our ancestors. After many years studying history, I have come to the conclusion that the best way to understand the past is through an impartial and objective chronology that places each event in its exact place in time and reveals history without manipulation or half-truths. Chronologies have always been a secondary complement to traditional study methods, but in my books they constitute the center of the narrative, a comprehensive reference work that runs year by year, as far as possible, from prehistory to the present. For those who prefer a more detailed study, I have organized a second chronology, covering day by day from 1789 to 1946, divided into four collections.