Title: OPIUM VENTURE
Description: Fascinating read on the 20th century opium trade, the coup in Siam and the British legal relationship with Siam. This book gives a wonderful insight into the region just before the Second World War.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Opium trade, Siamese Courts
Places: Siam, Thailand, Burma, Bangkok, Chienmai, Kengtung, London
People: The Salem Princess, Gerald Sparrow
Time periods: 1930s