Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse

Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse image
ISBN-10:

014004776X

ISBN-13:

9780140047769

Edition: No Edition Stated
Released: Apr 27, 1978
Publisher: Penguin??Books
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
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Description:

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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