The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok

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The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok

About this book

Originally published in 1870, this unusual work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Anna Leonowens, presents her memories of six years spent in the Siamese court as a governess. Lovers and historians of Thailand will be delighted by the insight she provides into a by-gone age. Illustrated with sixteen full page black and white drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Information

Publisher
James Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781445508054
eBook ISBN
9781447498070
Topic
History
Subtopic
Asian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  2. PREFACE.
  3. I. ON THE THRESHOLD.
  4. II. A SIAMESE PREMIER AT HOME.
  5. III. A SKETCH OF SIAMESE HISTORY.
  6. IV. HIS EXCELLENCY’S HAREM AND HELPMEET.
  7. V. THE TEMPLES OF THE SLEEPING AND THE EMERALD IDOLS.
  8. VI. THE KING AND THE GOVERNESS.
  9. VII. MARBLE HALLS AND FISH-STALLS.
  10. VIII. OUR HOME IN BANGKOK
  11. IX. OUR SCHOOL IN THE PALACE.
  12. X. MOONSHEE AND THE ANGEL GABRIEL.
  13. XI. THE WAYS OF THE PALACE.
  14. XII. SHADOWS AND WHISPERS OF THE HAREM.
  15. XIII. FÂ-YING, THE KING’S DARLING.
  16. XIV. AN OUTRAGE AND A WARNING.
  17. XV. THE CITY OF BANGKOK.
  18. XVI. THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
  19. XVII. THE CEREMONIES OF CORONATION.
  20. XVIII. THE QUEEN CONSORT.
  21. XIX. THE HEIR-APPARENT.—ROYAL HAIR-CUTTING.
  22. XX. AMUSEMENTS OF THE COURT.
  23. XXI. SIAMESE LITERATURE AND ART.
  24. XXII. BUDDHIST DOCTRINE, PRIESTS, AND WORSHIP.
  25. COMMON MAXIMS OF THE PRIESTS OF SIAM.
  26. XXIII. CREMATION.
  27. XXIV. CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS.
  28. XXV. THE SUBORDINATE KING
  29. XXVI. THE SUPREME KING: HIS CHARACTER AND ADMINISTRATION.
  30. XXVII. MY RETIREMENT FROM THE PALACE.
  31. XXVIII. THE KINGDOM OF SIAM.
  32. XXIX. THE RUINS OF CAMBODIA.—AN EXCURSION TO THE NAGHKON WATT.
  33. XXX. THE LEGEND OF THE MAHA NAUGKON