The devil soldier
by Caleb Carr · 1992
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A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for the Emperor of China during the Taiping Rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. Carr's skills as historian and storyteller come to the fore in this thrilling account of the kind of adventurer the world no longer sees.
American Personal narrativesHistoryPersonal narratives, AmericanChina, history, taiping rebellion, 1850-1864Soldiers of fortuneTaiping RebellionMilitary biographyChina, historyAmericans, foreign countriesFiction, historical, generalChina, fictionFiction, war & military