Soldier, scholar, explorer, spy, shagger!
A man who spoke twenty-nine languages—plus a dozen more dialects.A man who carried the scars of a spear wound through both cheeks and still managed to insult people afterwards.
He was a man who was fascinated by the dark and mysterious corners of the world and of the human psyche.
Today we are going to Learn about one of Britain’s greatest explorers, an extreme character – complex and unconventional . . .sirs ma’am’s ladies and gents I give you the one and only Richard Francis Burton.
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the devil drives
Not a bad actor either. 😅😅😅😅
Fun introduction to a life lived to the full. The forelock tug towards Islam at Burton's entering the Kaaba, slightly pathetic, otherwise nicely summarized.
'Ruffian dick'…more commonly known as 'Black Dick'. Don't be shy!
Kama Sutra = Hindu sex manual. Perfumed Garden = Arabic sex manual. Reading material = besotted wife?
The best adventure of Richard is when he went to china during the 'taiping' rebellion,meeting su zhan the pirate giantess,his capture by the Taiping and listening to the hilarious results of tian Wang's meditations being daily proclaimed,'flashman and the dragon's a good book
If Blair the Great War criminal has read George McDonald Fraser’s Flashman books, especially the one about Afghanistan, many lives would not have been lost and ruined by sending the British army to subdue and democratise the Afghans.
Sub earned. Nice vid mate.
Never heard of the perfumed garden? My sister had it and I read it in my early teens.
Sir Richard Burton was a tremendous lover of ladyboys and amateur of 'Le Vice.' A true legend amongst men.