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The Collector of Worlds is a rare combination of literary achievement and popular accessibility. A bestseller in Germany, the novel tells the story of Sir Richard Burton, one of the most flamboyant figures of the Victorian age.

Burton was the first westerner to make the hajj to Mecca, and discovered the source of the Nile with Speke. His translation of the Arabian Nights is one of the great moments in the encounter between Islam and the West, a version of the Arab classic that scandalised his contemporaries with its salty eroticism.

Troyanov's novel does full justice to this great, controversial mediator between cultures. The book imagines his encounter with India as a young officer, and other episodes in his life are seen through the eyes of his Indian servant; the Sharif of Mecca, who is conducting an enquiry into Burton's audacious journey and its consequences for the Ottoman Empire; and a former slave who guided Burton to the Nile.

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"There are novels so finely constructed that they propel you back to the beginning at the moment you reach the end. Instead of closing the covers, you return to the first page with fresh eyes. Iliya Troyanov's 'The Collector of Worlds' is a wonderfully sumptuous example."--Boston Globe

"A rounded and satisfying portrait that traditional biography could never match...Troyanov's novel is itself an act of brave exploration, setting out to chart the unknown and unknowable by filling in the blank spaces of Richard Francis Burton."--New York Times Book Review

"Mesmerizing...the perfect present for wannabe explorers."--National Geographic Traveler Online

There are novels so finely constructed that they propel you back to the beginning at the moment you reach the end. Instead of closing the covers, you return to the first page with fresh eyes. Iliya Troyanov s The Collector of Worlds is a wonderfully sumptuous example. --Boston Globe"

I was thrilled by this book. One could compare it to Moby-Dick, narrated in a masterly manner. . . . This is a novel that entertains as well as informs, and this is the best that one could say of any book. --G?nter Grass"

Mesmerizing...the perfect present for wannabe explorers. --National Geographic Traveler Online"

A rounded and satisfying portrait that traditional biography could never match Troyanov s novel is itself an act of brave exploration, setting out to chart the unknown and unknowable by filling in the blank spaces of Richard Francis Burton. --New York Times Book Review"

"I was thrilled by this book. One could compare it to Moby-Dick, narrated in a masterly manner. . . . This is a novel that entertains as well as informs, and this is the best that one could say of any book."--Gunter Grass
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The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov is a colourful swashbuckling story of Sir Richard Burton, one of the most flamboyant characters of the nineteenth century.

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  • PublisherFaber & Faber
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 0571236545
  • ISBN 13 9780571236541
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  • Number of pages464
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