Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah

by Isabel Lady Burton, Richard Francis Burton, Stanley Lane-Poole

1893 eng

Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) was one of the great traveler-explorers of history. But it is for his pilgrimage in 1853 to Mecca and Medina and the most sacrosanct shrines of Islam that Burton is best known -- and for his celebrated book that recorded his experiences during the journey. Successfully…