The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became

The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China

â€œSo 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.â€â€”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

â€œIf ever a book of history were made for the movies, Caleb Carr's The Devil SoldierÂ is it.â€â€”Chicago Tribune

â€œGood, thorough, scholarly but absorbing.â€â€”Edward Rice, author of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-11-28
Format Kindle eBook

The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China