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by Hugh Trevor-Roper (Author)

The trail of discovery began when Hugh Trevor-Roper received the memoirs of Sir Edmund Backhouse, the celebrated Chinese scholar, in somewhat unusual circumstances. They described a very different person from the one who had apparently lived such a respectable life until his death in 1944. In them, Backhouse claimed that he had been intimate with characters as diverse as Verlaine and Lord Roseberry, and that his many lovers (of both sexes) had included the Dowager Empress of China.

It gradually became clear that the detailed, plausible and obscene memoirs were a work of fantasy - yet a fantasy interwoven with detailed fact. Intruigued, Hugh Trevor-Roper set out to discover as much as he could about Sir Edmund Backhouse, and unearthed the story of one the most outrageous confidence tricksters of the century.

Number of Pages: 408
Dimensions: 0.93 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: January 09, 2026
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by Hugh Trevor-Roper (Author)

The trail of discovery began when Hugh Trevor-Roper received the memoirs of Sir Edmund Backhouse, the celebrated Chinese scholar, in somewhat unusual circumstances. They described a very different person from the one who had apparently lived such a respectable life until his death in 1944. In them, Backhouse claimed that he had been intimate with characters as diverse as Verlaine and Lord Roseberry, and that his many lovers (of both sexes) had included the Dowager Empress of China.

It gradually became clear that the detailed, plausible and obscene memoirs were a work of fantasy - yet a fantasy interwoven with detailed fact. Intruigued, Hugh Trevor-Roper set out to discover as much as he could about Sir Edmund Backhouse, and unearthed the story of one the most outrageous confidence tricksters of the century.

Number of Pages: 408
Dimensions: 0.93 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: January 09, 2026

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Hermit of Peking: The hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse - Paperback

Hermit of Peking: The hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse - Paperback

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Hermit of Peking: The hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse - Paperback

Hermit of Peking: The hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse - Paperback

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