Digital Rare Book:
Arabia, Egypt and India - A narrative of travel
By Isabel Burton
Published by William Mullan and Son, London - 1879

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Isabel, Lady Burton (20 March 1831 – 22 March 1896) — née Isabel Arundell — was the wife and partner of explorer, adventurer, and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890).

While on a school trip to Boulogne, she first met her future husband, Richard Burton, whom she claims to have fallen in love with immediately, though it would be another four years until their courtship began, and ten years until their marriage. Because of her strict Catholic background, her relationship with Burton caused strains within her family and she ultimately married him against the wishes of her parents. This was to be a major source of pain for her as the years progressed.

She is perhaps best known for burning some of his papers and manuscripts after his death, including his revised translation of The Perfumed Garden, which was to be called The Scented Garden, and of which the largest part consisted of the usually unpublished final chapter dealing with pederasty, plus Burton's extensive (and comprehensive) notes on the subject.

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