| The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China Contributor(s): Carr, Caleb (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679761284 ISBN-13: 9780679761280 Publisher: Random House OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: 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. Photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94045844 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.22" W x 8.04" (0.82 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "So marvelously improbable, so rich in exotic detail, that if often reads more like a historical thriller than the serious work of history that it is."--Los Angeles Times With the same flair for history and narrative that distinguished his bestseller, The Alienist, Caleb Carr tells the incredible story of Frederick Townsend Ward, the American mercenary who fought for the emperor of China in the Taiping rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. The Devil Soldier is a thrilling, masterfully researched biography of the kind of adventurer the world no longer sees. Praise for The Devil Soldier "If ever a book of history were made for the movies, Caleb Carr's The Devil Soldier is it."--Chicago Tribune "Good, thorough, scholarly but absorbing."--Edward Rice, author of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton |