num_pages: 464
description: The scope of this biography of Richard Burton does full justice to his life. "no man can be all things at once, no matter how hard he tried, but no man tried harder than Richard Francis Burton". He made significant contributions in the fields of literature and geography. He was also a poet, traveller, soldier, diplomat, inventor, explorer, archaeologist, student of religion and more besides. Above all, however, Burton was an adventurer.
language: English
title: Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
titlecomplete: Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
characters: Richard Francis Burton
genres: Adventure, Historical, History, Travel, Biography Memoir, Africa, Biography, Audiobook, 19th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 268
publisher: Penguin Group USA