The romance of Isabel Lady Burton

Name: The romance of Isabel Lady Burton
Author: Lady Isabel Burton

By Lady Isabel Burton

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The narrative, combining the subject’s own recollections with a biographer’s account, traces a wife’s life alongside her husband during foreign postings and travels. It recounts domestic routines and social duties, vividly depicting a Damascus household with gardens, stables and a menagerie, then follows journeys across desert routes to ancient sites and visits to Jerusalem, Trieste, Bombay and India. Episodes cover an official recall, public controversies over a translated work, the couple’s later years and the author’s widowhood, weaving personal anecdote, travel observation and portraits of the people and places encountered.

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Lady Isabel Burton

Lady Isabel Burton was an English writer and the wife of the renowned explorer and linguist Sir Richard Francis Burton. She is best known for her biographical works that detail her husband's adventurous life, particularly in "The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton," which she authored in two volumes. Her writings provide a unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs of her husband's explorations, as well as insights into her own experiences as a woman in the 19th century. Additionally, her work "The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton" reflects her personal narrative and the complexities of her life alongside a prominent figure in Victorian exploration.