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A rage to live : a biography of Richard and Isabel Burton / Mary S. Lovell.
LIBRA Special G246.B8 L68 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovell, Mary S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890--Marriage.
- Explorers' spouses--Great Britain--Biography.
- Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Explorers' spouses.
- Marriage.
- Great Britain.
- Scholars--Great Britain--Biography.
- Scholars.
- Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 910 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, 2000.
- Summary:
- When Isabel Arundell, a schoolgirl and scion of England's most distinguished Catholic family, first saw Richard Burton at a seaside resort, he had already made his mark as a linguist, scholar, soldier, and explorer. When she turned and saw him staring after her, she decided that she would marry him.
- By their next meeting, Burton had become the first infidel to infiltrate Mecca as one of the faithful and, in an expedition to discover the source of the Nile, would soon be the first white man to see Lake Tanganyika. After marrying, the Burtons traveled the world, from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair-raising adventures in the Syrian desert. In later life Richard courted further controversy as a self-proclaimed erotologist and the translator of The Kama Sutra.
- Based on previously unavailable archives, Mary Lovell's compelling joint biography sets Isabel in her proper place as Burton's equal in daring and endurance, a fascinating figure in her own right.
- Contents:
- 1 A Gipsy Childhood 1821-1840 1
- 2 Undergraduate to Griffin 1840-1842 16
- 3 The Subaltern 1843-1845 33
- 4 Mirza Abdullah 1845-1846 49
- 5 Indian Summer 1846-1849 75
- 6 Miss Arundell 1831-1852 91
- 7 Flirtations 1849-1853 107
- 8 The Pilgrim 1853 121
- 9 Dreams of Africa 1853-1854 140
- 10 Disaster in the Horn of Africa 1854-1855 158
- 11 With Beatson's Horse in the Crimea 1855-1856 181
- 12 Secret Engagement 1856 204
- 13 The Scent of Cloves 1856-1857 222
- 14 The Long Safari 1856-1857 241
- 15 The Lake Regions 1857-1858 269
- 16 The Betrayal Summer 1859 295
- 17 Turning Point 1859-1860 321
- 18 The Prairie Traveller 1860 342
- 19 Marriage 1861 365
- 20 Consul in West Africa 1861-1863 386
- 21 Island Honeymoon 1863-1864 415
- 22 Source of the Nile 1861-1864 431
- 23 The Duel September 1864 443
- 24 South American Interlude 1865-1868 459
- 25 Home Again 1868-1869 490
- 26 Destiny in Damascus 1869-1870 506
- 27 A Sweet Unrest 1870-1871 531
- 28 Pay, Pack and Follow! 1871-1873 556
- 29 Trieste - The Early Years 1873-1875 590
- 30 A Charming Day and no One Died 1876-1879 619
- 31 Lengthening Shadows 1879-1880 638
- 32 Arabian Nights 1881-1883 664
- 33 Kama Shastra - Paradigms of Passion 1883-1886 675
- 34 Bid the Winter Come 1887-1890 704
- 35 Actions and Reactions 1890-1891 737
- 36 'Hermaphrodite' and the Pornographers 1891-1894 764
- 37 Last Tinkle of the Camel Bell 1894-1896 784.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 808-894) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393320391
- 9780393320398
- OCLC:
- 45381478
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