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Author Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003.

Title Hermit of Peking : the hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse / Hugh Trevor-Roper.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf, 1977.
1976.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B BACKHOUS    DUE 05-20-24
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  951.007    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 316 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note First published in 1976 under title: A hidden life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.
Contents The wild oats -- The scholar -- The historian -- Between two patrons -- The benefactor-one -- The benefactor-two -- The secret agent -- The entrepreneur -- The diaries -- The controversy -- The recluse -- Dr Hoeppli -- The memoirs-one -- The memoirs-two -- The portrait.
Subject Backhouse, E. (Edmund), Sir, 1873-1944.
Sinologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Added Title Hidden life
Other Form: Online version: Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003. Hidden life. Hermit of Peking. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 1977 (OCoLC)568719214
ISBN 0394411048
9780394411040
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