num_pages: 392
description: Sir Edmund Backhouse lived like a hermit, but swindled millions in fake deals. A witty piece of historical sleuthing.The wild oatsThe scholar The historian Between two patronsThe benefactor 1 The benefactor 2 The secret agentThe entrepreneurThe diariesThe controversyThe recluseDr Hoeppli The memoirs 1The memoirs 2The portrait
language: English
title: Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse
titlecomplete: Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse
characters: Edmund Backhouse
genres: Espionage, Biography Memoir, Biography, History, China, Nonfiction, Asia
ratings_count: 177
publisher: Papermac/Macmillan Publishers Ltd.