Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alfred HabeggerSeries:Wisconsin Studies in AutobiographyPublish date:2014-06-30Pages:560
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299298302ISBN-10:299298302UPC:9780299298302Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Women, Asia, TheaterBook Topic:Southeast Asia, Broadway & MusicalsSize:9.24 x 6.48 x 1.51 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC7XQCRM35
Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam
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...
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780299298302ISBN-10:299298302UPC:9780299298302Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Women, Asia, TheaterBook Topic:Southeast Asia, Broadway & MusicalsSize:9.24 x 6.48 x 1.51 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC7XQCRM35
Alfred Habegger is professor emeritus of English at the University of Kansas. His previous biographies are The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr. and the highly acclaimed My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson. He lives in northeast Oregon.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
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