The devil soldier
the story of Frederick Townsend Ward
by Caleb Carr
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The astonishing true story of Frederick Townsend Ward, a young American mercenary who became one of the greatest military leaders in the Chinese empire. In 1859, in the midst of the bloodiest civil war China had ever seen, Ward created the "Ever Victorious Army" -- otherwise known as the "Devil Soldiers" in response to the powerful rebel threat.
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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, BiographiesPlaces
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2012, Penguin Random House
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Diana-Taschenbücher, Nr.17, Der vergessene Held
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The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
April 11, 1995, Random House
Paperback
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The devil soldier: the American soldier of fortune who became god in China
1992, Random House
in English
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The devil soldier: the story of Frederick Townsend Ward
1992, Random House
in English
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The Devil Soldier: The Story of Frederick Townsend Ward
August 1991, Grove/Atlantic, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-354) and index.
Maps on lining papers.
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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.
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