The Gloom of Utter Disbelief

The Gloom of Utter Disbelief

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton. By Edward Rice. 522 pages. Scribners. $35. Even biographer Edward Rice's elaborate subtitle—"The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West"—does his subject far less than jus...

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Veröffentlicht in:Newsweek 1990-05, Vol.115 (21), p.94
Hauptverfasser: Rice, Edward, Gates, David
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890)
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Rice, Edward
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Zusammenfassung:Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton. By Edward Rice. 522 pages. Scribners. $35. Even biographer Edward Rice's elaborate subtitle—"The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West"—does his subject far less than justice.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X