Mongkut, the King of Siam / Abbot Low Moffat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moffat, Abbot Low, 1901-1996, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mongkut, King of Siam, 1804-1868.

Mongkut.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 1 illustration, 1 frontispiec

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1962.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is an engaging, real-life portrait of one of the great Asian rulers of the nineteenth century, who set the course that preserved his country's independence and enabled it to remain the only country in Southeast Asia never to fall under European domination. It is not a conventional biography of King Mongkut or a history of his reign; rather, the author sketches the man in his many facets, furnishing a factual outline, but applying the color from the King's own writings-through which his personality and character shine so clearly-and from other contemporary sources. Many of these appear in English for the first time.As ruler and diplomat, as philosopher and scientist, as monk and head of a large family, Mongkut showed powers of mind and spirit extraordinary in any age. As here presented, he is even more remarkable than the caricature of him depicted in some recent popular accounts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

1. "High Prince of the Crown"

2. In the Buddhist Priesthood

3. His Majesty's Gracious Advices

4. Agreement with England

5. The Americans

6. The Whale and the Crocodile

7. White Elephants

8. The Inner Palace

9. "'However Differently Perceived and Worshipped"'

10. "Thus Have I Followed the Teaching of Buddha"

Appendixes

I. Exchanges of Presents

II. The Band of the "'San Jacinto"'

III. "An account of the most lamentable illness and death of Her young and amiable Majesty"

IV. Anna as Historian

Source Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501742712

150174271X

OCLC:

1114834827