Samurai
3.0/ 5
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About This Book
In 1613 Father Pedro Velasco's dream came true. He set sail with a small group of Japanese Samurai for Mexico, Spain and Rome. Velasco knew Japanese, and his zealous hope was to become primate over a converted, Catholic Japan. His mission, with the Samurai, was to bargain for a Catholic crusade through Japan in exchange for Japanese trading rights with the West. It was a journey of incredible danger and hardship, underwritten solely by faith...
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Book Details
First Published
1982
Pages
272 pages
Rating
3.0 / 5
Ratings
1
Editions
6
Publisher
Harper & Row
Language
JPN, ENG, GRE
Status
Published
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