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The Devil Drives - A Life of Sir Richard Burton (Paperback, New edition): Fawn Brodie

The Devil Drives - A Life of Sir Richard Burton (Paperback, New edition)

Fawn Brodie

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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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Imprint:	Eland Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2003
Authors:	Fawn Brodie
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	464
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-907871-23-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-907871-23-2
Barcode:	9780907871231