Tag Archives: John Speke explorer Nile

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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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 →