Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam
(Part of the Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography Series)
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A brave British widow goes to Siam and--by dint of her principled and indomitable character--inspires that despotic nation to abolish slavery and absolute rule: this appealing legend first took shape after the Civil War when Anna Leonowens came to America from Bangkok and succeeded in becoming a celebrity author and lecturer. Three decades after her death, in the 1940s and 1950s, the story would be transformed into a powerful Western myth by Margaret...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0299298302
ISBN13:9780299298302
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Length:560 Pages
Weight:2.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"
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