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The distinguished Oxford professor of modern history presents evidence that Chinese scholar and author Sir Edmund Backhouse, long thought to have lived as a virtual hermit in Peking, was in reality a forger, trickster, and eccentric
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 014004776X
- ISBN 13 9780140047769
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Hermit of Peking is one of the most remarkable pieces of literary detection of recent years. It all began when Hugh Trevor-Roper acquired the voluminous memoirs of Sir Edmund Backhouse, uo till then known only as a distinguished Chinese schola r who had lived quietly until his death in 1944. The memoirs depicted a very different person - a man who said that he had been 'intimate' with many nobles, from Lord Rosebery to Verlaine, and whose lovers had included the Dowager Empress of China. In fact, they were so fantastic that the author felt obliged to discover all he could about the man who had written them: and what he reveals here is the story of one of the most outrageous forgers, confidence tricksters and eccentrics of the century. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000067745
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Fair. Creases in the covers. Cracked spine at page 112. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping. Seller Inventory # B280124ksmug169648
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