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Manchu Decadence: The China Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, Abridged and Unexpurgated

by Derek Sandhaus, Edmund Backhouse
$9.90
Manchu Decadence: The China Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, Abridged and Unexpurgated
Manchu Decadence: The China Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, Abridged and Unexpurgated

Scandalous memoirs unravel imperial China's excesses.

If you've ever been intrigued by the hidden intricacies of Imperial China, "Manchu Decadence" might just be the escape you're looking for. It's a rare glimpse into the decadent underbelly of the Qing Dynasty’s twilight years, told by someone who claims firsthand experience. Aside from its historical gossip, it’s also a testament to the linguistic skills of Sir Edmund Backhouse, and thus it shines as a piece of literary art as much as a historical tell-all.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Manchu Decadence: The China Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, Abridged and Unexpurgated

by Derek Sandhaus, Edmund Backhouse
$9.90
ISBN: 9789881998286
Authors: Derek Sandhaus, Edmund Backhouse
Publisher: Earnshaw Books
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Asia, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.43
(rated by 44 readers)

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In 1898 a young Englishman walked into a homosexual brothel in Peking and began a journey that he claims took him all the way to the bedchamber of imperial China’s last great ruler, the Empress Dowager Tz’u Hsi. The man was Sir Edmund Backhouse, and his controversial memoirs, Décadence Mandchoue, were published for the first time by Earnshaw Books in 2011. This edition, renamed Manchu Decadence, is abridged and unexpurgated, meaning that it focuses on the most extraordinary and valuable elements of Backhouse’s narrative. Backhouse was a talented sinologist, and his book provides a unique and shocking glimpse into the hidden world of China’s imperial palace, with its rampant corruption, grand conspiracies and uninhibited sexuality.
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Scandalous memoirs unravel imperial China's excesses.

If you've ever been intrigued by the hidden intricacies of Imperial China, "Manchu Decadence" might just be the escape you're looking for. It's a rare glimpse into the decadent underbelly of the Qing Dynasty’s twilight years, told by someone who claims firsthand experience. Aside from its historical gossip, it’s also a testament to the linguistic skills of Sir Edmund Backhouse, and thus it shines as a piece of literary art as much as a historical tell-all.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.