Highly Civilized Man - Richard Burton and the Victorian World

Informationen zum Autor Dane Kennedy is Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. Klappentext Though best known as an adventurer who entered Mecca in disguise and sought the source of the White Nile, Richard Burton contributed so forcefully to his generation that he provides us with a singularly panoramic perspective of the Victorian world. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a crucial era. Zusammenfassung Though best known as an adventurer who entered Mecca in disguise and sought the source of the White Nile! Richard Burton contributed so forcefully to his generation that he provides us with a singularly panoramic perspective of the Victorian world. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a crucial era.

Product details

• Authors: Dane Kennedy, Professor Dane Kennedy
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2007
• EAN: 9780674025523
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02552-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Biography: adventurers and explorers