Genre

Literature & Fiction

Author Name

Richard Burton

About Author

Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer, scholar, translator, and prolific author. Renowned for his linguistic skills—he reportedly knew dozens of languages—Burton traveled widely across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He is especially famous for his English translations of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights), The Kama Sutra, and The Perfumed Garden. His writings combine ethnography, travel narrative, and cultural analysis, often challenging Victorian conventions and expanding Western understanding of non-European societies.

Material

Hardcover

Ideal for

Unisex

Code

978-8119307265 (ISBN CODE)

No

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