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A rage to live : a biography of Richard and Isabel Burton / Mary S. Lovell.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating G246.B8 L68 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovell, Mary S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
- Burton, Richard Francis.
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890--Marriage.
- Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896.
- Burton, Isabel.
- Explorers' spouses--Great Britain--Biography.
- Explorers' spouses.
- Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Marriage.
- Great Britain.
- Scholars--Great Britain--Biography.
- Scholars.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 910 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [1998]
- Summary:
- The brilliant explorer/scholar Richard Burton was one of the most interesting men of the 19th century. Isabel was his partner, his passionate companion--the rock on which his career and his personality rested. Their adventures, quite at odds with the Victorian norm, are revealed by biographer Mary Lovell to be like chapters out of Richard's great work of translation, "The Arabian Nights". Photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [887]-894) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393046729
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