Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior

In this revelatory book, acclaimed author John Man's thrilling historical account brings to life the world of the ninjas, the Japanese "shadow warriors," whose otherworldly skills as assassins and spies still seize our imaginations like few characters before or since. Ninja is the first major history of these legendary masters of stealth warfare.

Out of the violent chaos of medieval Japan, a remarkable band of peasants from the mountainous Iga and Kog... >Voir plus