Collector of Worlds

Ilya Troyanov

RRP: £16.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 05/06/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A fictionalised account of the extraordinary life of the 19th century explorer Sir Richard Burton.

Publisher's description:

Sir Richard Burton was the first westerner to make the hajj to Mecca, he also discovered the source of the Nile with Speke. This book imagines his encounter with India as a young officer, and brings to life his trials and travels through the eyes of his Indian servant, the Sharif of Mecca and the former slave who guided Burton to the Nile.

ISBN: 9780571236534