Description: Anna and the King of Siam (Hardcover 1944) First published in 1944, Margaret Landon, based her book on the diaries* of Anna Harriette Leonowens, a British governess in the Royal Court of Siam (now the Kingdom of Thailand) during the 1860s. The culture clash of the Imperialist Victorian values of the British Empire with the autocratic rule of Siam's is played out in the characters of Anna and King Mongkut, who later proclaimed that "...it was through the principles laid down in her teaching that he had formed the plans by which he had transformed his kingdom. He kept his determination to recreate a free Siam." The publication of this book at this particular time may have significantly bouyed the allied war effort in the recognition of the protagonist's indomitable spirit and developing the election of freedom worldwide. (From Amazon.com)
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: The John Day Co.
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1944
Original/Facsimile: Original
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Illustrator: Margaret Ayer
Special Attributes: None
Author: Margaret Landon
Personalized: No
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Literature
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: None
