The Devil Soldier
Subtitle: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
Publisher: Random House
Published: April 11, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780679761280
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
First sentence: On May 2, 1860, the city of Nanking, China-nestled between a wide bend in the Yangtze River and a commanding promontory called Purple Mountain-was alive with celebration.