Isabel Burton (born Isabella Arundell) (March 20, 1831 - March 21, 1896) was the wife of explorer, adventurer, and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton. Her father was Henry Raymond Arundell, nephew of James Everard Arundell, 10th Baron Arundell of Wardour ^[1]. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery, London Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 - October 19, 1890), British consul, explorer, translator, and Orientalist, was born at Barham House, Hertfordshire, England. ...

She was an intelligent and resourceful woman, but is always in the shadow of her husband, one of the most famous of all Victorians. She wrote many books included among them an expurgated translation of The Arabian Nights which she worked on with her husband. She is perhaps best known now for burning some of his papers and manuscripts after his death, including his revised translation of The Perfumed Garden, which was to be called The Scented Garden. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ... The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة in Arabic or هزار و یک شب in Persian), also known as The book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, or simply the Arabian Nights, is a piece of classic Arabic literature in... The Perfumed Garden by Sheikh Nefzaoui is a sex manual and work of erotic literature. ...

She is buried with her husband at Mortlake, Surrey in an elaborate tomb in the shape of a Bedouin tent.

References

1. ^ Lovell, Mary S. A Rage to Live, W.W. Norton, 1998

Further Information

• Burton, Isabel. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
• Lovell, Mary S. A Rage to Live, W.W. Norton, 1998.