The English Governess and the Siamese Court
Subtitle: The True Story Behind 'The King and I'
Edition: 1st Tor ed edition
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780812570625
Subjects: Leonowens, Anna Harriette,; Women; Governesses; Educators; Biography / Autobiography; Thailand; Fiction; Teachers; FIC000000; FIC; Historical - British; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; General; 1834-1914; Biography
First sentence: MARCH 15, 1862.-ON BOARD THE SMALL SIAMESE steamer Chow Phya, in the Gulf of Siam.