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Great Journeys: allowing readers to travel around the planet and back through the centuries. In To the Holy Shrines, Sir Richard Burton sets out to become the first Christian to penetrate the Muslim shrines of Medina and Mecca - a reckless stunt.
Disguised as a Persian dervish, Sir Richard Burton set out to become the first Christian to penetrate the Muslim shrines of Medina and Mecca - a reckless stunt that would have resulted in his being executed if discovered. Endlessly observant, amused, boastful and engaging, Burton here describes his time in Cairo (including a memorable drinking contest with a ferocious Albanian mercenary captain), his crossing of the Red Sea in a crazily overloaded pilgrim boat and his arrival in the fabled Nejd.
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