num_pages: 285
description: From setting foot in Asia in 1849 (or was it 1845?) as Anna Crawford (or was it Anna Edwards?) to waltzing with Yul Brynner in glorious technicolor, Anna Leonowens and her romanticized experiences as the only Westerner behind the walls of Nang Harm (the walled harem of the king of Siam) have had a long, colourful, and often controversial existence.
language: English
title: The Romance of the Harem
titlecomplete: The Romance of the Harem (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
genres: Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 39
publisher: University of Virginia Press