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I recently read A Highly Civilised Man, Dane Kennedy's book on Burton. It's an interesting take on him - he's trying to situate Burton in Victorian society and explain how in lots of ways he's a product of his time rather than the outlier and pioneer he's made out to be.
He's a fascinating and contradictory character in so many ways, you can see why there's still so much fascination.
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Currently swapping between a paperback copy of Spycatcher (Peter Wright), and via Kindle on the phone, A Rage To Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton (Mary S. Lovell)
Both excellent reads. Recommended.