Mercenary Mandarin: How a British Adventurer Became a General in Qing-Dynasty China by David Leffman

Mercenary Mandarin: How a British Adventurer Became a General in Qing-Dynasty China

David Leffman

372 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced
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William Mesny ran off to sea as a boy and jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid....

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