Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah Vol I & Vol II
By Sir Richard Francis Burton
- Release Date: 2019-01-10
- Genre: Travel in the Middle East
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 of an outsider, but normally an outsider would be denied that vantage. (Goodreads)