Ep. 138 | Sir Edmund Backhouse (Part 2)
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2014
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Fast on the heels of Part 1 of this CHP overview of the life of the Sinologist Sir Edmund Backhouse, we present Part 2 in this episode. We'll look at the years 1911 to 1924, the years that Backhouse committed a litany of frauds and established himself in London and Beijing as someone not to be trusted.
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| 1:05.0 | heels of that part one episode on the life of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse. We got as far as the publication of Backhouse and Blayons |
| 1:09.0 | groundbreaking book, China under the Empress Dowager. |
| 1:12.0 | It was a smashing success and Backhouse was able to bounce back from all his acute financial difficulties. |
| 1:19.0 | His father also lined up a position for him at John Brown Limited, maker of fine armor-plated ships of war. |
| 1:27.0 | On the heels of this book on the Empress Dowager, discussion with Bland was already underway for an encore. |
| 1:34.0 | This book would be published in 1914, |
| 1:37.0 | and as mentioned in the last episode, |
| 1:40.0 | the book was entitled Annals and Memoirs of the Court of P King, and it's here where we will pick up today. |
| 1:47.0 | On the heels of this book on the Empress Dowager, discussion with Bland was already underway for an encore. |
| 1:53.2 | This book would be published in 1914 and was entitled Annals and Memoirs of the Court of P King. |
| 1:59.9 | And it's here where we will pick up today. |
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