ElizabethDavid Starkey
The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court is a memoir of Anna Harriette Leonowens, who spent six years as a governess in the Royal Palace of Bangkok hired by the King of Siam to tutor his many children. The memoir was an inspiration for the beloved Broadway musical "The King and I" and several movies. Being a story of an unlikely friendship between two headstrong personalities, it is also a revealing peek at two very different cultures.
© 2006 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483055299
© 2019 Good Press (Ebook): 4057664646118
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Audiobook: 2 April 2006
Ebook: 21 November 2019
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
- By
- With:
- Publisher
- 4 Ratings
2.5
- Duration
- 10H 16min
- Language
- English
- Format
- Category
Biographies
The English Governess at the Siamese Court is a memoir of Anna Harriette Leonowens, who spent six years as a governess in the Royal Palace of Bangkok hired by the King of Siam to tutor his many children. The memoir was an inspiration for the beloved Broadway musical "The King and I" and several movies. Being a story of an unlikely friendship between two headstrong personalities, it is also a revealing peek at two very different cultures.
© 2006 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483055299
© 2019 Good Press (Ebook): 4057664646118
Release date
Audiobook: 2 April 2006
Ebook: 21 November 2019
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