The Devil Soldier
The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
Published on 28. November 2012
384 pages
978-0-307-76552-9 (ISBN)
Description
"So 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."-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
"If ever a book of history were made for the movies, Caleb Carr's The Devil Soldier is it."-Chicago Tribune
"Good, thorough, scholarly but absorbing."-Edward Rice, author of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
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
"If ever a book of history were made for the movies, Caleb Carr's The Devil Soldier is it."-Chicago Tribune
"Good, thorough, scholarly but absorbing."-Edward Rice, author of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Caleb Carr is the critically acclaimed author of The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror, Killing Time, The Devil Soldier, The Italian Secretary, The Legend of Broken, and Surrender, New York. He has taught military history at Bard College, and worked extensively in film, television, and the theater. His military and political writings have appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in upstate New York.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- A Note on Names
- Maps
- Contents
- Prologue: "Across the Sea to Fight for China"
- I: "A New Race of Warriors"
- II: "Perhaps You Smile ."
- III: "As if by Magic"
- IV: "Not as Was Hoped, Dead ."
- V: "Astonished at the Courage"
- VI: "His Heart is Hard to Fathom"
- VII: "Accustomed to the Enemy's Fire"
- Epilogue: "Poor Old Ward"
- Cast of Characters
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
