A Bedouin tent in West London

Between a terrace of houses and a traditional English church in Mortlake, West London is a surprising mausoleum . Not only is it much larger than might be expected in such a churchyard; it is shaped like a Bedouin tent. This is the last resting place of Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton, Victorian explorers and authors. Richard died first, in 1890, and Isabel commissioned the strange structure.…