The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World by Dane Kennedy

The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World

Dane Kennedy

354 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history challenging informative slow-paced
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Richard Burton was one of Victorian Britain's most protean figures. A soldier, explorer, ethnographer, and polyglot of rare power, as well as a poet, travel writer, and translator of the tales of the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, Burton exerc...

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