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waiting for the wanderer: of mountains and moons
Hidden, unknowable, unthinkable. The rebel Victorian. Sir Richard Burton and his explorations, eccentric tastes and ever watchful wife… But Burton is a Romany name, and as Richard Burton had certain gipsy characteristics, some persons have credited him with gipsy lineage. … Continue reading
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eccentric tastes and ever watchful wife
The unthinkable. The unknowable. The hidden. The explorations of Sir Richard Burton…. Burton married Isabel Arundel in 1861, in an almost secret ceremony in the Bavarian Catholic Church. “We will have no show,” Burton insisted, “for a grand marriage ceremony … Continue reading
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richard burton : cities of the saints
Breaking Victorian taboos, one expedition at a time… …In a later book, Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, Richard Burton described a village with 20 per cent more males than females and noted jovially” Is it not a waste … Continue reading
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manifestly not the third
Sir Richard Francis Burton. Explorations, eccentric tastes, and an ever-watchful wife… Burton had often said “he required two, and only two qualities in a woman, namely beauty and affection.” He had also written that he admired them “soft-bending and relaxed.” … Continue reading
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anti-hero
Sir Richard Burton, the great anti-hero and his explorations, his eccentric tastes, and his ever watchful wife. … In later life Burton’s reputation for telling the truth, even when it was supremely tactless, nevertheless continued to be paralleled by his … Continue reading
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