Siamese White
About this book
Foremost among the biographies that Maurice Collis wrote during his wide-ranging literary career is
Siamese White - an account of the career of Samuel White of Bath who, during the reign of James II, was appointed by the King of Siam as a mandarin of that country. The book superbly embodies that old adage - truth is stranger than fiction.
'A magnificent story, full of interest and excitement, but there is more to it than that. Collis, who has lived for years on the scene of these high happenings, is able to give us a first-hand picture of a fascinating land: of a lovely archipelago, of rivers and rapids, of an immemorial track through jungles haunted by tigers and malaria.'
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- NOTE ON THE 1951 UNIFORM EDITION
- MAPS
- PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY
- PART TWO: THE DAVENPORT PAPERS
- PART THREE: CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX I. THE DAVENPORT PAPERS
- APPENDIX II. OTHER AUTHORITIES
- APPENDIX III. NOTES
- APPENDIX IV. Letter from White found in Bath
- INDEX
- Copyright
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