{"product_id":"9780061351945","title":"The Collector of Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Iliya Troyanov has turned Burton’s unbelievable life into believable fiction, achieving a rounded and satisfying portrait that traditional biography could never match.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collector of Worlds \u003c\/i\u003eis a fictionalized account of the infamous life and times of Sir Richard Francis Burton—the British colonial officer stationed in India who made the Haj to Mecca, discovered the source of the Nile, spoke twenty-nine languages, and translated \u003ci\u003eA Thousand and One Arabian Nights \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Kama Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e into English. The winner of the fiction prize of Germany’s Leipzig Book Fair in 2006 and the Berlin Literary Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Collector of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant re-imagining of a richly eventful, truly incredible life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021936705776,"sku":"9780061351945","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061351945_p0.jpg?v=1763769360","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061351945","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}