The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton - Brossura

Brodie, Fawn

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0907871232 ISBN 13: 9780907871231

Casa editrice: Eland Publishing Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Eland Publishing Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0907871232
• ISBN 13: 9780907871231
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480