Music, Visual Art »
Headline, Literature »
Burton has lived easily one of the most fascinating lives ever–several times during the reading of this biography you’ll stop and wonder if this is all just fiction. No life could ever be this full, you’ll think…
The book opens with Burton’s early life in various locations around Europe. Following this is a chronicle of his time as a young soldier in India and growth into one of the leading Orientalists of his time.
Two of Burton’s main adventures are dealt with at length. The first, his pilgrimage to Mecca
















































