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Death rides a camel : a biography of Sir Richard Burton
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The spirit and scope of this authoritative biography of Richard Burton do full justice to a fantastic life.
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Biography of English adventurer Sir Richard Burton, who was a linguist, scholar, Orientalist, collector of erotica, secret agent, and explorer of the Nile.
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"Here is told in great detail and with amorous precision the life story of Burton, from his birth and background to his entry into the Indian Army (complete with false wig and bull terrier)!; from his experiences as a young officer and his attainment of great proficiency as a liguist [sic] to his appointment as Consul at Fernando Po; and from intimate details of his domestic life to an account of his explorations in Central Africa and eventually of how he came to undertake the literary task by which he is chiefly remembered"--dust jacket.
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Brief article about Sir Richard Burton, to commemorate the centenary of Burton's birth, originally published in the periodical "Man: A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science," published in May of 1921 (pages 74-76).
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"Seton Dearden has rescued the adventurer from the dusty dullness of his biographers, and restored to human shape a fascinating if paradoxical character"--dust jacket.
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Biography of Isabel Burton (ňe Arundell), wife of explorer Sir Richard F. Burton. Isabel was Burton's travel companion, business manager, publicity manager, book editor, and appointment manager, and an extraordinary intellectual in her own right.
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