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910 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349110165
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The 19th-century explorer Richard Burton was a blend of erudite scholar and daring adventurer. Fluent in 29 languages, he found it easy to pass himself off as a native, thereby gaining unique insight into societies otherwise closed to Western scru...
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910 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349110165
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The 19th-century explorer Richard Burton was a blend of erudite scholar and daring adventurer. Fluent in 29 languages, he found it easy to pass himself off as a native, thereby gaining unique insight into societies otherwise closed to Western scru...