Wilder Shores of Love

The biography explores the lives of four remarkable European women in the 19th century who sought adventure and love in Arabia. Isabel Burton accompanied her explorer husband, while Jane Digby embraced a life of romantic escapades. Aimee Dubucq de Rivery's tale involves being captured by pirates and joining a sultan's harem, and Isabelle Eberhardt defied gender norms by living as a man among Algerian Arabs. Lesley Blanch's narrative captures their journeys of self-discovery and the allure of the exotic East.