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1. 1. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton

   

   A vivid biography tracing the extraordinary life of a Victorian adventurer, linguist and scholar who donned disguises to enter Mecca, mapped little-known regions of Africa and Asia, and pursued the Nile’s sources while serving as soldier, consul and intelligence agent; it explores his prodigious linguistic gifts, prolific writings and translations of Oriental literature, the scandal and censorship that surrounded his more erotic publications, and the complex personality—restless curiosity, cultural empathy and abrasive ego—that made him both celebrated and contentious in his era and shaped his lasting, provocative legacy.

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