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Stephen Turnbull
Author · 65 books
Stephen Richard Turnbull is British a historian specializing in eastern military history, especially the samurai of Japan. His books are mainly on Japanese and Mongolian subjects. He attended Cambridge University where he gained his first degree. He currently holds an MA in Theology, MA in Military History and a PhD from the University of Leeds where he is currently a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions. He has also written a number of books on other medieval topics.

Series

Books

Samurai Commanders (2) book cover

Samurai Commanders (2)

1577-1638

2005

Genghis Kahn & the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400 book cover

Genghis Kahn & the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400

2003

The Revenge of the 47 Ronin - Edo 1703 book cover

The Revenge of the 47 Ronin - Edo 1703

2011

Ninja 1460-1650 book cover

Ninja 1460-1650

2003

The Knight Triumphant book cover

The Knight Triumphant

The High Middle Ages, 1314-1485

2001

The Samurai book cover

The Samurai

A Military History

1977

The Great Wall of China book cover

The Great Wall of China

221 BC-AD 1644

2007

Samurai Warlords book cover

Samurai Warlords

The Book of the Daimyo

1989

Pirate of the Far East book cover

Pirate of the Far East

811-1639

2007

Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710-1062 book cover

Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710-1062

2005

Warriors of Medieval Japan book cover

Warriors of Medieval Japan

2005

The Mongol Invasions of Japan, 1274 and 1281 book cover

The Mongol Invasions of Japan, 1274 and 1281

2010

The Book of the Medieval Knight book cover

The Book of the Medieval Knight

1985

Samurai Heraldry book cover

Samurai Heraldry

2002

The Samurai and the Sacred book cover

The Samurai and the Sacred

The Path of the Warrior

2006

The Art of Renaissance Warfare book cover

The Art of Renaissance Warfare

From the Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years War

2006

Strongholds of the Samurai book cover

Strongholds of the Samurai

Japanese Castles 250-1877

2009

Samurai in 100 Objects book cover

Samurai in 100 Objects

The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images

2016

The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699 book cover

The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699

2003

Book of the Samurai book cover

Book of the Samurai

Warrior Class of Japan

1982

Nagashino 1575 book cover

Nagashino 1575

Slaughter at the barricades

2000

Samurai Armies 1467-1649 book cover

Samurai Armies 1467-1649

2008

Samurai Warriors book cover

Samurai Warriors

1987

Katana book cover

Katana

The Samurai Sword

2006

Ninja book cover

Ninja

The (Unofficial) Secret Manual

2019

Samurai book cover

Samurai

1996

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1) book cover

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1)

The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230-1466

2003

Real Samurai book cover

Real Samurai

2007

The Lone Samurai and the Martial Arts book cover

The Lone Samurai and the Martial Arts

1990

Fighting Ships of the Far East (1) book cover

Fighting Ships of the Far East (1)

China and Southeast Asia 202 BC-AD 1419

2002

Samurai Commanders (1) book cover

Samurai Commanders (1)

940-1576

2005

Japanese Castles 1540-1640 book cover

Japanese Castles 1540-1640

2003

Samurai Invasion book cover

Samurai Invasion

Japan's Korean War 1592 -1598

2002

Osaka 1615 book cover

Osaka 1615

The last battle of the samurai

2006

Ninja book cover

Ninja

The True Story of Japan's Secret Warrior Cult

1991

Samurai Women 1184-1877 book cover

Samurai Women 1184-1877

2006

The Mongols book cover

The Mongols

1980

The Samurai book cover

The Samurai

2016

War in Japan 1467-1615 book cover

War in Japan 1467-1615

2002

Siege Weapons of the Far East (1) book cover

Siege Weapons of the Far East (1)

AD 612-1300

2001

The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98 book cover

The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98

1798

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2) book cover

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2)

The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185-1560

2004

Toyotomi Hideyoshi book cover

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

2006

The Samurai Swordsman book cover

The Samurai Swordsman

Master of War

2008

Tannenberg 1410 book cover

Tannenberg 1410

Disaster for the Teutonic Knights

2003

Tokugawa Ieyasu book cover

Tokugawa Ieyasu

2012

Samurai Warfare book cover

Samurai Warfare

1996

Japanese Castles in Korea book cover

Japanese Castles in Korea

1592-98

2007

Hatamoto book cover

Hatamoto

Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540-1724

2010

Japanese Castles AD 250-1540 book cover

Japanese Castles AD 250-1540

2008

The Samurai Capture a King book cover

The Samurai Capture a King

Okinawa 1609

2009

Fighting Ships of the Far East (2) book cover

Fighting Ships of the Far East (2)

Japan and Korea AD 612-1639

2002

Samurai Armies 1550-1615 book cover

Samurai Armies 1550-1615

1979

SAMURAI SOURCEBOOK book cover

SAMURAI SOURCEBOOK

1998

Pirate book cover

Pirate

The Buccaneer's (Unofficial) Manual

2018

The Lost Samurai book cover

The Lost Samurai

Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593-1688

2021

Kawanakajima 1553-64 book cover

Kawanakajima 1553-64

Samurai Power Struggle

2003

Ashigaru 1467-1649 book cover

Ashigaru 1467-1649

2001

The Gempei War 1180-85 book cover

The Gempei War 1180-85

The Great Samurai Civil War

2016

Samurai book cover

Samurai

The Story of Japan's Great Warrior

2004

Battles of the Samurai book cover

Battles of the Samurai

1987

Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603 book cover

Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603

2003

The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453 book cover

The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453

2004

Mongol Warrior 1200-1350 book cover

Mongol Warrior 1200-1350

2003

Ninja book cover

Ninja

Unmasking the Myth

2017

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