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Cargando... Burton: a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1963)por Byron Farwell
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I believe this was the first Burton biography I read, and it was a wonderful experience. the subject, rather than the treatment was the focus, as it should be in this genre. I have since purchased Burton's final book on africa and the translation of the 1001 nights that has survived to us....thanks lady Burton. Read this biography if you want to start engaging with this man. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Explorer and inventor, soldier and poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was the most versatile and remarkable man of his age. But he was foremost an adventurer: "an adventurer in the intellectual and the spiritual as well as the physical world." The pioneering traveler in Central Africa who discovered Lake Tanganyika was also the translator of The Arabian Nights and the secret translator of Oriental sex manuals like The Perfumed Garden. The man who made a dangerous pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise also produced major writings on reptiles and religion, mining and mountain-climbing, slavery and sexuality. Byron Farwell brilliantly recreates the sheer excitement of Burton's achievements and astonishing range of interests in this fascinating biography. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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