Paperback, 366 pages
English language
Published April 11, 1995 by Random House.
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.
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
- Modern fiction
- Ward, Frederick Townsend,
- Historical - General
- China - History
- Biography & Autobiography
- Biography / Autobiography
- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
- Biography/Autobiography
- China
- History
- Biography & Autobiography / General
- Ward, Frederick Townsend
- Military
- 1831-1862
- Personal narratives, American