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Burton : a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Burton : a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
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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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Sir Richard Burton's wife
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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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The devil drives : a life of Sir Richard Burton
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This biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton attempts to explain what drove the famous African explorer throughout his restless life.
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[Collected newspaper clippings relating to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890]
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Collection of newspaper clippings relating to English explorer, translator, and anthropologist Sir Richard Francis Burton. The majority of the articles are concerned with the centenary of Burton's birth.
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Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection
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This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 432 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.
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