The Devil Drives : A Life of Sir Richard Burton Paperback / softback
by Fawn Brodie
Paperback / softback
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Richard Burton's life offers dazzling riches. He was one of the greatest Victorian explorers, an innovative translator and brilliant linguist, a prolific travel writer, a pioneer in the fields of anthropology and sexual psychology, a mesmeric lover, a spy and a publisher of erotica.
Fawn Brodie has created a vivid portrait of this remarkable man, who emerges from the richly textured fabric of his time.
His travels to Mecca and Medina dressed as a Muslim pilgrim, his witnessing of the human sacrifices at Dahomey and his unlikely but loving partnership with his pious Catholic bride are all treated with warmth, scholarship and understanding.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:480 pages
- Publisher:Eland Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:31/01/2003
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- ISBN:9780907871231
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:480 pages
- Publisher:Eland Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:31/01/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780907871231