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The devil soldier

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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.

Subjects: History
Historical
Histoire
Biographies
War & Military
China
Set in: China
Time: Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

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