Tag Archives: John Hanning Speke

waiting for the wanderer: of mountains and moons

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dave

Hidden, unknowable, unthinkable. The rebel Victorian. Sir Richard Burton and his explorations, eccentric tastes and ever watchful wife… But Burton is a Romany name, and as Richard Burton had certain gipsy characteristics, some persons have credited him with gipsy lineage. … Continue reading →

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an englishman in salt lake city

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dave

…So swiftly did he write, that before one book had left the binders, another was on its way to the printers. Systole, diastole, never ceasing—never even pausing. Miss Arundell being inflexible, Burton resolved to let the matter remain nine months … Continue reading →

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burton and the polygamy riddle

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Dave

…The Mormons at this time were considered a great curiosity in England. Since the murder of Joseph Smith in Illinois in 1844, and the subsequent dramatic exodus to the desert isolation of the great inland sea, the sect had flourished … Continue reading →

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manifestly not the third

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Dave

Sir Richard Francis Burton. Explorations, eccentric tastes, and an ever-watchful wife… Burton had often said “he required two, and only two qualities in a woman, namely beauty and affection.” He had also written that he admired them “soft-bending and relaxed.” … Continue reading →

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odd couple: moons and mountains and source of the matter

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dave

Captain Sir Richard Burton and the “Speke-easy” … Burton went to Africa in late 1858 with the thirty year old John Speke, who had been wounded with him in Somaliland. This was to prove a disastrous choice. Speke was a … Continue reading →

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house of the holies: in the footsteps of the man’s man

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Dave

Although at least twelve Europeans had penetrated the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in disguise and lived to tell of the experiences, the risk of death if caught was real, and Burton took every precaution, including that of having … Continue reading →