An edition of The devil soldier (1991)

The Devil Soldier

The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China

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An edition of The devil soldier (1991)

The Devil Soldier

The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China

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  • 1 Have read

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.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
366

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Subjects

American Personal narratives, History, Personal narratives, American, China, history, taiping rebellion, 1850-1864, Soldiers of fortune, Taiping Rebellion, Military biography, China, history, Americans, foreign countries, Fiction, historical, general, China, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Biographie, Histoire, Biographies

People

Frederick Townsend Ward (1831-1862), Frederick Townsend Ward

Places

China

Times

Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864, 1831-1862
Edition Availability
Cover of: Devil Soldier
Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
2012, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: Le Diable blanc
Le Diable blanc : Un aventurier américain devenu mandarin en Chine
February 7, 2002, Pocket
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: El Soldado Del Diablo
El Soldado Del Diablo
May 2001, Ediciones B
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Diana-Taschenbücher, Nr.17, Der vergessene Held
Diana-Taschenbücher, Nr.17, Der vergessene Held
February 1, 1999, Heyne
Paperback
Cover of: Le diable blanc
Le diable blanc
September 3, 1999, Presses de la Cité
Paperback in French
Cover of: The Devil Soldier
The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
April 11, 1995, Random House
Paperback in English
Cover of: The devil soldier
The devil soldier: the story of Frederick Townsend Ward
1992, Random House
in English
Cover of: The devil soldier
The devil soldier: the American soldier of fortune who became god in China
1992, Random House
in English - 1st paperback ed.
Cover of: The Devil Soldier
The Devil Soldier: The Story of Frederick Townsend Ward
August 1991, Grove/Atlantic, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"On May 2, 1860, the city of Nanking, China-nestled between a wide bend in the Yangtze River and a commanding promontory called Purple Mountain-was alive with celebration."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
366
Dimensions
7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
Weight
13.4 ounces

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OL7700711M
Internet Archive
devilsoldieramer00carr
ISBN 10
0679761284
ISBN 13
9780679761280
Library Thing
99928
Goodreads
233902

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