Burton by Byron Farwell
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.
Farwell, Byron: - Byron Farwell served as an officer in the North African and Italian campaigns in World War II and also in the Korean War He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1964.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140120684 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140120688 |
| Title | Burton |
| Author | Byron Farwell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1990-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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