Mercenary Mandarin How a British Adventurer Became a General in Qing-Dynasty China |
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| Author:
| Leffman, David |
| ISBN: | 978-988-13765-4-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Blacksmith Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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WilliamMesny jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid thechaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, hebecame a smuggler, a prisoner of the Taiping rebels, a gun-runner andan instructor in the Chinese military. After five years of fiercefighting in remote Guizhou, Mesny rose to the rank of general andused this ......
WilliamMesny jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid thechaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, hebecame a smuggler, a prisoner of the Taiping rebels, a gun-runner andan instructor in the Chinese military. After five years of fiercefighting in remote Guizhou, Mesny rose to the rank of general andused this ......