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The devil soldier : the story of Frederick Townsend Ward

Caleb Carr
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

Print Book, English, ©1992
Random House, New York, ©1992