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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 West
- Author
- Rice, Edward.
- Title
- 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 West / Edward Rice.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st HarperPerennial ed.
- Published
- New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1991.
- Description
- xx, 664 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Notes
- Originally published: New York : Scribner's, 1990. Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-642) and index.
- Summary
- Describes the life of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, who explored India, the Near East, and Africa, went to Mecca, and discovered the Kama Sutra.
- Subject headings
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Explorers--Great Britain--Biography. Scholars--Great Britain--Biography.
- Kinsey subjects
- Biographies of men.
- ISBN
- 0060973943 (paper) 9780060973940 (paper)