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Anna and the King of Siam / Margaret Landon ; illustrated by Margaret Ayer.
LIBRA DS578.32.L44 L36 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landon, Margaret, 1903-1993.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leonowens, Anna Harriette, 1831-1915.
- Leonowens, Anna Harriette.
- Mongkut, King of Siam, 1804-1868.
- Mongkut.
- Governesses--Thailand--Biography.
- Governesses.
- Courts and courtiers.
- Thailand--Court and courtiers.
- Thailand.
- Thailand--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 395 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperPerennial, 2000.
- Summary:
- The story of an English governess at the court of King Mongkut of Siam, in the mid-nineteenth century.
- Contents:
- 1. Bangkok, 1862 1
- 2. From Wales to India 4
- 3. The Astrologer's Prophecy 12
- 4. A King's Letter 17
- 5. The First Night 24
- 6. The Kralahome 31
- 7. The Kralahome's Household 41
- 8. The Mattoons 52
- 9. The First Audience with the King 57
- 10. The Cremation of a Queen 64
- 11. In the King's Harem 71
- 12. The New Home 82
- 13. The School in the Palace 95
- 14. The Red Snake 104
- 15. The Palace City 112
- 16. Moonshee Digs for Treasure 121
- 17. The King's English 127
- 18. Lady Son Klin in the Dungeon 146
- 19. The King's Breakfast 153
- 20. The Mansion of the Brass Door 167
- 21. A Slave Is Freed 181
- 22. The Death of the Fa-ying 189
- 23. The King's Spectacles 198
- 24. The King's Birthday 207
- 25. A Baby Is Auctioned 217
- 26. Royal Locusts 231
- 27. The Service in the Temple 239
- 28. The Affair of the Gambling Concubine 249
- 29. L'Affaire Francaise 261
- 30. The Slave Tuptim 271
- 31. The King's Vengeance 281
- 32. The Death of the High Priest 296
- 33. The Prince's Tonsure 303
- 34. The Death of the Second King 311
- 35. The Mysterious Princess 322
- 36. The Red Velvet Letter 329
- 37. The Trip to Paklat 342
- 38. The Princess of Chiengmai 358
- 39. The Shadow Before 376
- 40. Fulfillment 387.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : The John Day Co., 1944.
- ISBN:
- 0060954884
- 9780060954888
- OCLC:
- 42751178
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