Lindsay and Madison discuss Sir Richard Francis Burton, as well as why it’s wrong to wear brown face, that translating erotica from other cultures was supes taboo, and how to be an accomplished man of mystery.
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2020 Discover Silversea article by Carolyn Spencer Brown2018 Borges, Desire, and Sex - Chapter 4 - Sir Richard Burton’s Orientalist Erotica2018 The Romance of Lady Isabel Burton, by Isabel Burton2018 Unexplained Mysteries article by T.K. Randall2015 FT Magazine Oxford article by Jeremy Paxman2011 International League of Antiquarian Booksellers article by Raymond John Howgego1890 The Athenaeum article1890 Morning Post articleBBC History article“The Book of Burtoniana” by Gavan TredouxBritannicaCaptain Sir Richard Francis Burton Museum article“First Footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar by Richard BurtonFind a GraveGeniHabitats & Heritage article“The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World” by Dane KennedyHouse Histree article“The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi” by Richard F. Burton“The Life of Sir Richard Burton” by Thomas WrightPrinceton Library articleWikipediaGo check out our friends Courtney and Lisa over at the Book of the Dead podcast.
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