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The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton by Fawn Brodie (Paperback, 2003)
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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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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherEland Publishing LTD
ISBN-139780907871231
eBay Product ID (ePID)86508389
Product Key Features
Publication Year2003
TopicGeography & Geosciences
Book TitleThe Devil Drives: a Life of Sir Richard Burton
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorFawn Brodie
FormatPaperback
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFawn Brodie
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- 15. Sep. 2022
Long on narrative..short on detail
Sir Richard Burton is without doubt one of history`s great characters and he lived an almost unique life. However on his death his wife (for some inexplicable reason) decided to burn 95% of all his diaries. The result is that little is really known about the inner man, his motives and the innumerable quests of discovery he undertook. The result is that, for the most part we are left to enquire of others their impression of the man and his life. This book tries hard to build up a picture of his life, but it is simply an impossible task. Like trying to build a jigsaw with 95% of the pieces missing. The result is (sadly) a some-what tedious, and repetitive book, that appears to cover the same ground over and over again.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 04. Jun. 2025
A larger than life man
A Victorian army office, explorer, writer so incredibly ahead of his time and more fitting to be a 20th century man. This biography of Sir Richard Burton is a fascinating man and I would recommend it highly.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 29. Nov. 2016
Fascinating life story
Very interesting book about a remarkable life.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
