Burton: Snow Upon the Desert

By Frank McLynn

Book Overview

A centennial biography which draws on new material from untapped manuscript sources in order to clarify events in Richard Burton's life hitherto hardly dealt with. The author offers a challenging and original psychological portrait of this poet, scholar, soldier, archaeologist and explorer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719548187
• ISBN13: 9780719548185
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: John Murray Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.