Subj : Re: August stats
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 16:35:33

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> Graham Thurlwell wrote:
>> weirdwolf wrote:
 
>> <snip>
 
>>> No,in fact quite the opposite. If you wanted to find out about Adams
>>> and the period around Sekigahara they are quite useless. Ok stories
>>> but annoying if you know any history. If you enjoyed them have you
>>> read Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi books?
 
>> Since you appear to be something of a student of Japanese history,
>> can you suggest a good English Language book on the period modeled in
>> Shogun: Total War?

It helps that I have the game, and remember that they specifically 
describe the Sengoku Jidai in the intro.

>  As a starter I would suggest Steven Turnbull's "the samurai a
>  military history" he knows his stuff is a decent writer and it
>  should be fairly easily available.

yerp...

>  There is an exhibition at the royal armouries museum in Leeds of rare
> Tokugawa Ieyasu stuff at the moment, loaned to us by the Japanese 
> government. I would love to go but the distance and price make it a no
> go I'm afraid.

Dammit... that reminds me I need to sneak off to the Met and see their 
2,500 piece Japanese armor collection if we get up to NYC this month.

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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