Rice, Edward

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Book Club Edition. 522, illus., notes, bibliography, index, some soiling to fore-edge & inside front flyleaf, DJ edges worn, DJ in plastic sleeve. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was one of the first Europeans to seek the source of the Nile in Central Africa. He also did the 17-volume translation of the classic Arabian Nights. Condition: good, good.

Keywords: Richard F. Burton, Biography, Intelligence, Africa, Middle East, India, Arabian Nights

[Book #14591]

Price: $24.75