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A Death in Peking: Who Really Killed Pamela Werner

The Enigma: Sir Edmund Backhouse

8/4/2018

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Sir Edmund Backhouse
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Sir Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944), baronet, linguist, author, translator, secret-agent, and perhaps the most extraordinary character living in 1930s Peking.

Decades after his death, Backhouse and his incredible frauds were exposed by the eminent British historian Sir Hugh Trevor-Roper in his book Hermit of Peking. The book excited much controversy, revered by many as Backhouse was. As a result, Trevor-Roper attracted a great deal of opprobrium.    

Research for A Death in Peking revealed for the first time  how, almost inevitably, the strange figure of Backhouse featured in the aftermath of the Pamela Werner murder - in his unique style. It also uncovered until now unknown 'secret intelligence' provided by the Baronet to the British government - material that went unseen by Trevor-Roper.
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Hugh Trevor-Roper
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    Graeme Sheppard

    Author of the new book, A Death in Peking, published by Earnshaw Books.

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