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
Family and Intimate relationships
Anna Leonowens
In 1874 AL
's son Louis
emigrated to Australia where he worked in gold mines. Seven years later he returned to Siam, where he was employed by King Chulalongkorn
.
Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I. Pottersfield.
viii, 70
Friends, Associates
Anna Leonowens
In August 1897, on her way to Germany, AL
met her former pupil, King Chulalongkorn
, in London. He died in 1910.
Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I. Pottersfield.
viii, 121
New, William H., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 99. Gale Research.
99: 205
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...