Description
| Product ID: | 9780907871231 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | ES |
| Title: | The Devil Drives |
| Subtitle: | A Life of Sir Richard Burton |
| Authors: | Author: Fawn Brodie |
| Page Count: | 480 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Geographical discovery and exploration, Geographical discovery & exploration |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Richard Burton's life offers dazzling riches. He was one of the greatest Victorian explorers, an innovative translator and brilliant linguist, a prolific travel writer, a pioneer in the fields of anthropology and sexual psychology, a mesmeric lover, a spy and a publisher of erotica. Fawn Brodie has created a vivid portrait of this remarkable man, who emerges from the richly textured fabric of his time. His travels to Mecca and Medina dressed as a Muslim pilgrim, his witnessing of the human sacrifices at Dahomey and his unlikely but loving partnership with his pious Catholic bride are all treated with warmth, scholarship and understanding. |
| Imprint Name: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-01-31 |