New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth book in the series of the old soldier's memoirs with Harry Flashman in China during the Taiping Rebellion of 1860. Glossary, notes. Map endpapers. Dustjacket art by Barbosa. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-394-553578.

New York: Plume, (1987). The eighth book in the series of the old soldier's memoirs with Harry Flashman in China during the Taiping Rebellion of 1860. Glossary, notes. Maps. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-452261910.

New York: Random House, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of Frederick Townsend Ward, a young American mercenary born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1831, who became one of the most acclaimed military leaders in the Chinese empire. In 1859, in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion, Ward created the 'Ever Victorious Army' - otherwise known as the 'Devil Soldiers' in response to the powerful rebel threat - by training Chinese soldiers in Western methods. By the time he fell mortally wounded in battle in September 1862, his place in Chinese military history was assured. Illustrated photographs, map. List of cast of characters, notes, index. xiv, 366 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679411143.