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Sindh Revisited: A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton 1842-1849: The India Years
Sindh Revisited A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton 1842-1849 The India Years Author:Christopher Ondaatje Sindh Revisited is a remarkable story of the author's fascination with the early life of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It is the story of an incredible journey, too - deep into the heart of British India, and the India and Sindh of today. Christopher Ondaatje's Sindh Revisited is the extraordinarily sensitive account of ... more »the author's quest to uncover the secrets of the seven years Richard Burton spent in India in the army of the East India Company from 1842 to 1849. Here is drama and insight, danger and revelation - a rare first-hand glimpse into a world few of us know. Startling photographs complement this narrative that puts the reader on the scene in modern Sindh while never losing sight of the Victorian India of Burton.« less