Sindh Revisited
A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton 1842-1849 The India Years
by Christopher Ondaatje
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Editions of Sindh Revisited
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Harpercollins Canada |
Date 1996 |
Price $7.17 |
 Good |
Publisher Notes
Since reading a biography of him more 25 years ago, Christopher Ondaatje has been fascinated with the still-enigmatic Sir Richard Burton, 19th-century explorer, scholar, poet, and British secret agent.
Despite the presence of several biographies on Burton, Ondaatje believed there were large gaps in the startling drama that was the explorer's life. "Sindh Revisited" is the author's account of his personal and physical quest to uncover the secrets of the early life of Richard Burton, and to discover the "devil" that drove this brilliant and restless adventurer.
Media Reviews
"Apparently Ondaatje's life was transformed after reading a biography of Burton, a transformation that impelled him to embark on this journey. The journey, however, is somewhat different from what Burton's would have been like....If Ondaatje's journey does not quite approximate Burton's, his prose matches Burton's even less....Nevertheless, there are good things in the book, and it increasingly involves the reader as it progresses."
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