The dead past / by Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse ; edited by Dr Reinhard Hoeppli and Peter Jordaan

Bib ID:
10000629
Format:
Book
Author:
Backhouse, E. (Edmund), Sir, 1873-1944
Online Access:
National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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Edition:
Fourth edition.
Access Conditions:
National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
Description:
  • Sydney, NSW : Alchemie Books, 2023
  • ©2023
  • 1 online resource (332 pages) : black and white illustrations, portrait.
File Characteristics:
text file PDF 34.3MB
ISBN:
9780645852738 (PDF)
Technical Details:
Mode of Access: Available online.
Summary:

"The dead past is the extraordinary last memoir of the oriental scholar, author and eccentric Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse. Like an opium dream, it blends truth and fantasy to bring alive a your spent in the company of the leading personalities of the fin de siècle, including Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas, Walter Pater, Paul Verlaine, Lord Roseberry, and the courtesan La Belle Otéro, some of whom are described as his lovers."--end screen.

Notes:
  • Title from title screen.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
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