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Only one man dared fight to defend Shanghai from rebel hordes - the American adventurer who called up a ragtag band of deserters to defeat armies of thousands.
"A master in hell before a minion in Heaven. I'll be a prince in China, and lord over these heathen beggars, or I'll make a grea ...more
Only one man dared fight to defend Shanghai from rebel hordes - the American adventurer who called up a ragtag band of deserters to defeat armies of thousands.
"A master in hell before a minion in Heaven. I'll be a prince in China, and lord over these heathen beggars, or I'll make a grea ...more
Paperback, 2nd edition, 556 pages
Published
July 4th 2013
by Old China Books
(first published August 1st 2011)
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Yankee Mandarin
by James Lande
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Yankee Mandarin is a work of love by a person who has extraordinary and detailed knowledge about the subject, the time, and the tensions of the area. It is very carefully crafted, and I respect the work that is represented here. Personally, I found that there was too much detail, too much precision in the descriptions of the changing of sails and charting the navigation and the diffe ...more

Want to be picked up and dropped in the middle of a bloody civil war? Want to get stuck on a sandbar and battle a small fleet of pirates, while armed with only a six pound cannon and a few obsolete rifles? If this doesn't quench your adventurous thirst, then how about attacking a walled city guarded by blood-thirsty rebels, with less than a hundred intoxicated, undertrained mercenaries and deserters?
Or maybe you are in more of a social mood. How about mingling with rich merchants, decorated mili ...more
Or maybe you are in more of a social mood. How about mingling with rich merchants, decorated mili ...more

Having recently finished the unabridged version of Les Miserables, when I began Yang Shen I immediately noticed a similarity between the technique of Mr Lande with the work of Victor Hugo. Both authors have interspersed chapters containing a wide variety of historical detail with other chapters which weave the threads of exciting, action stories. The drama of Yang Shen extends from fighting pirates on the high seas to negotiating passage through vicious rebel armies on the upper reaches of the t
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Aug 30, 2012
James Lande
rated it
it was amazing
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