The Mandarin's Daughter is a historical fiction novel written by Samuel Mossman and published in 1876. The story is set during the Great Taiping Rebellion in China, which lasted from 1850 to 1864. The protagonist of the story is a young Chinese woman named Ming-Yuen, who is the daughter of a high-ranking Mandarin. Ming-Yuen falls in love with an Englishman named George, who is a member of the British Ever-Victorious Army led by General Charles Gordon...