|
|
Browse and Compare Price at 40+ Sites and 20,000+ Stores!!
| | FAQ/About us | Recommend us | Browse | Memo | Book Reviews | Random Quotes | Help | |
 |
Find more info., search and price compare for Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: A Biography by Edward Rice Binding: Paperback, 688 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press Weight: 1.7 pound Dimension: H: 1.5 x L: 8.1 x W: 5.4 inches ISBN 10: 030681028X ISBN 13: 9780306810282 Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com! If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! |
Book Description: 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. |
| Home | FAQ/About us | Link to us | Recommend us | Contact us | Bookstores | Memo |
[ For web hosting, AddALL recommend Liquidweb]