So wrote Richard Francis Burton, while preparing for an exploration of the lower Congo in 1863. Tormented by the question of "why?", his answer "the devil drives" applies not only to his explorations, but to the whole of his turbulent life. The nature of his demon, the source of his restlessness, has baffled many biographers.
Drawing from Burton's own published works and from the few manuscripts that managed to escape destruction by Lady Burton, Fawn Brodie explains the "why?" and in doing so creates a fascinating portrait.
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To my mind, the best life of Burton remains Fawn Brodie's "The Devil Drives" (1967)....Brodie's biography serves its subject: The book is hard to put down, and as you read it, you constantly murmur, "What an amazing fellow! What an extraordinary journey!"
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 'Discovering is mostly my mania', proclaimed Sir Richard Burton. Nevertheless, as Fawn Brodie shows in this splendid account of a 'Renaissance' Victorian, he wa soldier, poet, translator, ethnologist, amateur physician, botanist, zoologist and geologist as well. A celebrated swordsman and superb raconteur, he spoke forty different languages and dialects. And wherever he travelled in India, Arabia, Africa and America he assiduously compiled facts about the languages, habits and sexual customs of the people and tribes he met. 'No one could fail to write a good life of Sir Richard Burton., but Fawn Brodie has written a brilliant one: her scholarship is wide and searching, and her understanding of Burton and his wife both deep and wide. She writes with clarity and zest' - J.H. Plumb. 504 pages. Seller Inventory # 1445389
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