The devil drives : a life of Sir Richard Burton
Brodie, Fawn M. (Fawn Mckay), 1915-19812002
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A biography of Sir Richard Burton, explorer of the source of the Nile, visitor to forbidden Mecca and witness to the human sacrifices of the Dahomey. Burton was a polymath: anthropologist, translator of the '1001 Nights', speaker of 40 languages and with a profound interest in the human psyche and sexuality.
Main title:
The devil drives : a life of Sir Richard Burton / Fawn Brodie.
Imprint:
London : Eland, 2002.
Collation:
496 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1967.
ISBN:
9780907871231 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.92920
Local class:
BIO BURT
Language:
English
BRN:
1558101