Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the WestThe Victorian English adventurer Sir Richard Burton was an explorer, writer, linguist, secret agent, and fighter for women's sexual liberation. Rice repeated Burton's travels, often at the risk of his own life, to write this fascinating account of one of the world's multifaceted geniuses. Illustrated. |
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... officers went on horseback to meet Akhbar Khan , son of the now - exiled Dost Muhammad . Macnaghten and one officer ... officers were turned over as hostages , along with the wives of the higher officers . Some of the wives of the lower ...
... officers went on horseback to meet Akhbar Khan , son of the now - exiled Dost Muhammad . Macnaghten and one officer ... officers were turned over as hostages , along with the wives of the higher officers . Some of the wives of the lower ...
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... officer's bed . So we find Burton at home with a native " wife , " a woman from Baroda city , perhaps a Hindu but most likely a Muslim found for him ( as for the other white officers ) by the hawaldar , the grizzled old regimental ...
... officer's bed . So we find Burton at home with a native " wife , " a woman from Baroda city , perhaps a Hindu but most likely a Muslim found for him ( as for the other white officers ) by the hawaldar , the grizzled old regimental ...
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... officer , after two years ' absence . " " By God , it's Ruffian Dick , " said Hawkins as the officers crowded about Burton . Also he went back to the Gulshani oratory ( or to another tariqa ) to participate in the rites . The anecdote ...
... officer , after two years ' absence . " " By God , it's Ruffian Dick , " said Hawkins as the officers crowded about Burton . Also he went back to the Gulshani oratory ( or to another tariqa ) to participate in the rites . The anecdote ...
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
The Gypsy Child | 7 |
Dark and Sooty England Sunny France | 13 |
Copyright | |
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The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia: [2 Volumes] Ulrich Marzolph,Richard van Leeuwen,Hassan Wassouf No preview available - 2004 |
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