{"product_id":"the-dead-past-edmund-backhouse-9780645852714","title":"The Dead Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Fourth Edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Dead Past\u003c\/em\u003e, with corrections, double the number of footnotes, and a revised and expanded introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dead Past\u003c\/em\u003e 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 youth spent in the company of the leading personalities of the fin de si鐵le, including Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas, Walter Pater, Paul Verlaine, Lord Rosebery, and the courtesan La Belle Ot駻o, some of whom are described as his lovers. Over 70 years after being written, Alchemie Books brings it into print for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edmund Backhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645852716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645852714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alchemie Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Edmund Backhouse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44716136399103,"sku":"9780645852714","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de1f7e37-89e8-4859-8c38-215f1f80247a.jpg?v=1705681210","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dead-past-edmund-backhouse-9780645852714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}