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Hermit of Peking

The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse

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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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Hermit of Peking, Hugh Trevor-Roper

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