Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton - Couverture souple

Rice, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 030681028X ISBN 13 : 9780306810282

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2001

Synopsis

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton In this text Rice retraces Burton's steps as the first European adventurer to search for the source of the Nile; to enter, disguised, the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina; and to travel through remote stretches of India, the Near East and Africa. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A New York Times best-seller when it was first published, Rice's biography is the gripping story of a fierce, magnetic, and brilliant man whose real-life accomplishments are the stuff of legend. Rice retraces Burton's steps as the first European adventurer to search for the source of the Nile; to enter, disguised, the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina; and to travel through remote stretches of India, the Near East, and Africa. From his spying exploits to his startling literary accomplishments (the discovery and translation of the Kama Sutra and his seventeen-volume translation of Arabian Nights), Burton was an engrossing, larger-than-life Victorian figure, and Rice's splendid biography lays open a portrayal as dramatic, complicated, and compelling as the man himself.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Edward Rice is the author of twenty books, including The Man in the Sycamore Tree, Margaret Mead, and John Frum He Come. He lives in Sagaponack, New York.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 030681028X
• ISBN 13: 9780306810282
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 664