An edition of Mongkut, the King of Siam (1961)
Mongkut, the King of Siam.
By Abbot Low Moffat
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Publish Date
1961
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
eng
Pages
254
Description:
King of Siam from 1851 to 1869, Mongkut was deeply religious but had an earthy flare for the practical and a mind keenly interested in the scientific advances of the world outside Siam. Moffat considers Anna Leonowens to have presented Mongkut as a caricature of himself in her book, The English governess at the Siamese court. Moffat seeks to show him as a far more engaging figure, the brother of the rules of his day.