Books with author Sir Burton Richard Francis

Explorer, soldier, Orientalist, cartographer, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat, Sir Richard Francis Burton is famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. Burton's best-known achievements include a perilous journey to Mecca, an unexpurgated translation of ‘The One Thousand and One Nights’, the notorious publication of the ‘Kama Sutra’ and a fabled expedition in search of the source of the Nile. This comprehensive eBook presents Burton’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Burton’s life and works* Concise introductions to the major texts* Includes rare books appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including THE CITY OF THE SAINTS and THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork* Includes Burton’s rare poetry translations, available in no other collection* Features three biographies, including the seminal text by the author’s wife - discover Burton’s incredible life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The BooksGOA AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINSFALCONRY IN THE VALLEY OF THE INDUSA COMPLETE SYSTEM OF BAYONET EXERCISEPERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL MADINAH AND MECCAHFIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICATHE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICATHE CITY OF THE SAINTS, AMONG THE MORMONS AND ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO CALIFORNIATHE GUIDE-BOOK. A PICTORIAL PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINAVIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE OR TALES OF HINDU DEVILRYA NEW SYSTEM OF SWORD EXERCISE FOR INFANTRYTWO TRIPS TO GORILLA LAND AND THE CATARACTS OF THE CONGOTHE LAND OF MIDIANA GLANCE AT THE PASSION-PLAYTO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLDTHE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANATHE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHTTHE PERFUMED GARDEN OF THE SHAYKH NEFZAWITHE JEW, THE GYPSY AND EL ISLAMTHE SENTIMENT OF THE SWORDThe Poetry BooksSTONE TALKTHE LUSIADSTHE KASIDAH OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDICAMOENS. THE LYRICKSTHE CARMINA OF CATULLUSThe BiographiesTHE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON by Thomas WrightTHE ROMANCE OF ISABEL, LADY BURTON by Isabel Lady Burton and W. H. WilkinsBRIEF BIOGRAPHY: RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON by James Sutherland Cotton

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. This Publication Contains 25 of Sir Richard Francis Burton's All Time Greatest Works. A Fully Interactive Table of Contents Has Been Added For Easy Navigation. Table of ContentsSir Richard Francis Burton BiographyEarly Life and Education (1821–41)Army Career (1842–53)First Explorations and Journey to Mecca (1851–53)Early Explorations (1854–55)Exploring the African Great Lakes (1856–60)Diplomatic Service and Scholarship (1861–90)Kama Shastra SocietyDeathWorks Included:VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRETwo Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the CongoTO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLDThe Land of Midian (Revisited).THE KASÎDAH OF HÂJÎ ABDÛ EL-YEZDÎThe Carmina of Caius Valerius CatullusPERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH & MECCAH, VOLUME I.PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH & MECCAH, VOLUME II.FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA; OR, AN EXPLORATION OF HARAR.The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, IThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, IIThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, IIIThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, IVThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, VThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, VIThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, VIIThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, VIIIThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, IXThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, XThe Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, IThe Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, IIThe Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, IIIThe Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, IVThe Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, VThe Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, VI

‘The genius of Eastern nations,’ says an established and respectable authority, ‘was, from the earliest times, much turned towards invention and the love of fiction. The Indians, the Persians, and the Arabians, were all famous for their fables. Amongst the ancient Greeks we hear of the Ionian and Milesian tales, but they have now perished, and, from every account that we hear of them, appear to have been loose and indelicate.’ (Goodreads)

"If a fit and proper person volunteer to travel in the Somali Country; he goes as a private traveller; the Government giving no more protection to him than they would to an individual totally unconnected with the service. They will allow the officer who obtains permission to go; during his absence on the expedition to retain all the pay and allowances he may be enjoying when leave was granted: they will supply him with all the instruments required; afford him a passage going and returning; and pay the actual expenses of the journey."

"If a fit and proper person volunteer to travel in the Somali Country; he goes as a private traveller; the Government giving no more protection to him than they would to an individual totally unconnected with the service. They will allow the officer who obtains permission to go; during his absence on the expedition to retain all the pay and allowances he may be enjoying when leave was granted: they will supply him with all the instruments required; afford him a passage going and returning; and pay the actual expenses of the journey."

Various characters from this epic have themselves become cultural icons in Western culture, such as Aladdin, Sinbad and Ali Baba. Part of its popularity may have sprung from the increasing historical and geographical knowledge, so that places of which little was known and so marvels were plausible had to be set further "long ago" or farther "far away"; this is a process that continues, and finally culminate in the fantasy world having little connection, if any, to actual times and places. Several elements from Arabian mythology and Persian mythology are now common in modern fantasy, such as genies, bahamuts, magic carpets, magic lamps, etc. When L. Frank Baum proposed writing a modern fairy tale that banished stereotypical elements, he included the genie as well as the dwarf and the fairy as stereotypes to go.The influence of the versions of The Nights on world literature is immense. Writers as diverse as Henry Fielding to Naguib Mahfouz have alluded to the collection by name in their own works. Other writers who have been influenced by the Nights include John Barth, Jorge Luis Borges, Salman Rushdie, Goethe, Walter Scott, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Nodier, Flaubert, Marcel Schwob, Stendhal, Dumas, Gérard de Nerval, Gobineau, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Hofmannsthal, Conan Doyle, W. B. Yeats, H. G. Wells, Cavafy, Calvino, Georges Perec, H. P. Lovecraft, Marcel Proust, A. S. Byatt and Angela Carter.

Drawing from the famous translation of Sir Richard Burton, "The Arabian Nights" is a selection of the voluminous "One Thousand and One Nights", a collection of ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian literature. Many readers will recognize the more famous of these tales: "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor". These exciting and mystical tales can be found in this uncensored and authoritatively noted edition along with thirty-five additional stories.