THE FIRST FULLY ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF JAPAN'S GREATEST SWORDSMAN Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) is the most celebrated swordsman in Japanese history.
Yet few of the many works on the enigmatic warrior have hewn to the original sources.
Fewer still have explored the emotional turmoil that drove him on to be the very best in his field.
A Life in Arms debunks many of the convenient myths, while at the same time uncovering the more controversial aspects that have.
