Ep. 137 | Sir Edmund Backhouse (Part 1)

Published: July 24, 2014, 1:10 p.m.

b'In this episode, we will begin a 3-part series covering the life of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, 2nd Baronet. He lived from 1873 to 1944, spending more than half his life in Beijing.\\xa0Backhouse is best known for the various frauds he committed over the period of his life.\\xa0In his last year of life, he was urged by Dr. Reinhard Hoeppli to commit his fantastic stories of his life to paper.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'