The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)
ISBN:
9780195888973 (0195888979)
Publish date: March 17th 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
19th Century,
Asia,
Biography Memoir
The interesting thing about this book is, that it contains the real memoirs of Anna Leonowens, who was a teacher of the royal children of King Rama IV. However, many people doubt if she wrote her real memoirs. They believe that she mixes fact and fiction. Whatever may be true, I get the impression t...
Read this one first, then find a copy of Bombay Anna. You'll be in for a surprise.
15 years ago
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