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  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, Volume I

    by Isabel Burton ...
    Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine European, Asian, and African languages. Burton's best-known achievements include: a well ... Read more

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  • THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON, Volume 1

    by Isabel Burton ...
    Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine European, Asian, and African languages.Burton's best-known achievements include: a well ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, Volume 1

    by Isabel Burton ...
    The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, Volume 1 - Isabel BurtonA biography detailing the life of the famed explorer, linguist, and author, offering insights into his adventurous life and achievements. ... Read more

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  • The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton

    by Isabel Burton ...
    Isabel Burton was the daughter of Hon. Henry Raymond Arundell (1799–1886) of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, nephew of James Everard Arundell (1785–1834), 10th Baron Arundell of Wardour. Her mother, Eliza, was the sister of Robert Tolver Gerard (1808–1887), 13th Baronet of Bryn, Lancashire, and 1st Baron Gerard of Bryn.Isabel was one of eleven children born into the House of Wardour, a respected and ... Read more

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  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton volume 2

    by Lady Isabel Burton ...
    Volume 2 begins where the first volume left off, covering Burton’s mid- to late-career, including his diplomatic postings and his significant literary and translation work. Lady Isabel details his time serving as a British consul in various locations, including Fernando Po, Damascus, and Trieste. During this period, Burton continued his scholarly pursuits, translating key works such as The Arabian ... Read more

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  • The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life (Complete)

    by Isabel Lady Burton ...
    Lady Burton began her autobiography a few months before she died, but in consequence of rapidly failing health she made little progress with it. After her death, which occurred in the spring of last year, it seemed good to her sister and executrix, Mrs. Fitzgerald, to entrust the unfinished manuscript to me, together with sundry papers and letters, with a view to my compiling the biography. Mrs. ... Read more

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  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton By his Wife Isabel Burton (Complete)

    by Lady Isabel Burton ...
    Physiologists say that a man's body changes totally every seven years. However that may be, I am certain that the moral man does, and I cannot imagine anything more trying than for a man to meet himself as he was. Conceive his entering a room, and finding a collection of himself at the several decades. First the puking squalling baby one year old, then the pert unpleasant schoolboy of ten, the ... Read more

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  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2)

    Biography of Famous British Author and Adventurer, by His Wife

    by Lady Isabel Burton ...
    In "The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton," Lady Isabel Burton offers an intricate and deeply personal biographical account of her husband, Sir Richard Francis Burton, an eminent explorer, linguist, and anthropologist of the Victorian era. Capturing his adventurous spirit, Lady Isabel's literary style is marked by an eloquent prose that intertwines vivid descriptions of his expeditions with ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)

    Illustrated Annotated Travelogues of Mecca, Africa, and the Victorian World

    by Richard Francis Burton ...
    Translated by Richard F. Burton, Edward Rehatsek, Isabel Burton ...
    The Complete Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton presents the extraordinary range of a Victorian polymath whose books move among travel narrative, ethnography, linguistics, exploration, translation, and personal memoir. In an illustrated and annotated format, the edition places such landmark achievements as his accounts of journeys through Africa, Arabia, India, and the Middle East alongside his ... Read more

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  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Biography of Famous British Author and Adventurer, by His Wife

    by Lady Isabel Burton, Maren Fairbourne ...
    The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2) is an expansive Victorian biography of the explorer, linguist, soldier, consul, and translator whose career ranged from India and Arabia to Africa, Brazil, and the Near East. Combining memoir, travel narrative, documentary record, and affectionate apologia, Lady Isabel Burton presents her subject as both imperial adventurer and intellectual ... Read more

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  • The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2)

    Enriched edition. Biography of Famous British Author and Adventurer, by His Wife

    by Lady Isabel Burton, Lachlan Bell ...
    In "The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton," Lady Isabel Burton crafts a detailed and revealing biography of her husband, an explorer, linguist, and anthropologist known for his unyielding thirst for knowledge and adventure. This two-volume work combines meticulous research with evocative prose, reflecting both the grandeur and the tumult of Burton's expeditions across continents, including his ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Richard Burton

    by Richard Francis Burton ...
    Translated by Edward Rehatsek, Isabel Burton, Richard F. Burton ...
    The Complete Works of Richard Burton presents a remarkable collection that encapsulates the multifaceted genius of one of the Victorian era's most intriguing figures. Spanning travel writing, poetry, translation, and ethnography, Burton's literary style is characterized by vivid prose, keen observation, and an unflinching exploration of diverse cultures. The anthology situates Burton within the ... Read more

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