Morgan, Susan, and Anna Leonowens. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. The Romance of the Harem, University Press of Virginia, pp. ix - xxxix; 279.
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Mongkut, King of Siam
Standard Name: Mongkut,, King of Siam
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Anna Leonowens | AL
was employed by King Mongkut
of Siam as governess to the wives and eighty-two children in the walled imperial harem Nang Harm in Bangkok. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
| Friends, Associates | Anna Leonowens | AL
's conduct at Fay-Ying's deathbed brought praise from grief-stricken King Mongkut
. He named her Chao Khun Kru or Lord Most Excellent Teacher. She also received an estate in Lop Buri (or Lopburi), and... |
| Health | Anna Leonowens | While in Thailand, AL
almost died from cholera. She was so near death that King Mongkut
made a promise to raise her son. When she finally recovered, she was encouraged by her doctor to reduce... |
| Literary responses | Anna Leonowens | According to biographer Leslie Smith Dow
, AL
's former pupil King Chulalongkorn
asked the writer at a meeting why she had published such a scathing account of his father, King Mongkut
. She replied... |
| Literary Setting | Anna Leonowens | This combination travel book and memoir (with a considerable dash of fiction) provides an account of life inside the walled city of women which constituted King Mongkut
's Imperial harem at Bangkok. AL
's... |
| Occupation | Anna Leonowens | AL
's employer, King Mongkut
of Siam, died; his son Chulalongkorn, her former pupil, became King Rama V
. Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I. Pottersfield. 65-6 |
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