
Pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca - Excerpts
A Nonfiction, Adventure, Autobiography book. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton's 19th travelogue is simply fascinating. In disguise and (I'm assuming...
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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton's 19th travelogue is simply fascinating. In disguise and (I'm assuming he's accurate in this) at great risk to himself, Burton made a pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca. His intimate observations of customs, daily life, and travel in a foreign land are the sort that one sees best through the fresh eyes... I'm currently recording and editing the book's audio version. Coming from a third generation mutawwif family, this book touches the deepest vein in my Saudi heritage. Yea, I really did put all three words in a single sentence, didn't I? Let's do it again and watch the fireworks go off. My. Saudi. Heritage.Wow.The reason why I'm reviewing... Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. Whew! He's famous for several things... one of which was traveling in disguise to Mecca in the 1850's... totally dangerous and punishable by death if found out. I saw a copy of this book...