Sir Richard Burton’s curious “tent tomb”

In southwest London is a most unusual mausoleum to an unusual man (and his wife), that’s in the shape of a Bedouin tent. Oh, and it has a ladder to climb up and peer inside it.This mausoleum, to be found in a church near Mortlake railway station contains the earthly remains of the Victorian explorer, Sir Richard Burton, who was famed for his explorations and was said to be able to speak 29 languages.
He visited Mecca in disguise, translated the Arabian Nights, published the Karma Sutra in