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Sep 2015
27m 45s

Monica Ali chooses Richard Francis Burto...

Bbc Radio 4
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Sir Richard Francis Burton was an explorer, adventurer, soldier, author, poet, sexologist and translator. He brought us the Kama Sutra and spoke 29 languages. The author Monica Ali champions this racy character and tells Matthew Parris why this 19th-century explorer is a Great Life. They are also joined by historian and broadcaster Matthew Ward.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

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