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5.0 out of 5 stars
Richard Burton dreamed in 17 languages,
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This review is from: Dreamers of Empire (Hardcover)
What drove Richard Burton, Cecil Rhodes, "Chinese" Gordon, and three other 19th century adventurers and explorers to strive to achieve their unique and seemingly impossible goals? This book is a look at the personalities and psychology of these extraordinary men in the middle of a century when Empire dreams spread like a fever in the English speaking world. The profiles are loaded with color and details of the places and times. A fascinating and well researched glimpse into that era. Achmed Abdullah (a Romanoff)also wrote the novelization of "The Thief of Bagdad," and T. Compton Pakenham was Pacific Bureau Chief for Newsweek, based in Tokyo.
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Dreamers of Empire by Achmed Abdullah (Hardcover - June 1929)
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