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Bombay Anna : the real story and remarkable adventures of the King and I governess /

If you thought you knew the story of Anna in The King and I, think again. As this riveting biography shows, the real life of Anna Leonowens was far more fascinating than the beloved story of the Victorian governess who went to work for the King of Siam. To write this definitive account, Susan Morgan...

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Основен автор: Morgan, Susan, 1943-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Berkeley : University of California Press, ℗♭2008.
Предмети:
Leonowens, Anna Harriette, > 1831-1915.
Leonowens, Anna Harriette, > 1831-1915
1800-1899
Governesses > Thailand > Biography.
British > Thailand > Biography.
Women authors > Biography.
Women journalists > Biography.
Women travelers > Biography.
Racially mixed people > India > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
British.
Governesses.
Manners and customs.
Racially mixed people.
Women authors.
Women journalists.
Women travelers.
Thailand > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Montreal (Quebec) > Biography.
Halifax (N.S.) > Biography.
India.
Nova Scotia > Halifax.
Quebec > Montreal.
Thailand.
Electronic books.
Biography.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Bombay Anna.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: a life of passing
  • Ancestors: a Methodist, a soldier, and a "Lady not entirely white"
  • A company childhood
  • Daughter of the Deccan
  • Love and Bombay, at last
  • Metamorphosis: "a life sublimated above the ordinary"
  • A teacher and a king
  • A job in a palace
  • "The noble and devoted women whom I learned to know, to esteem, and to love"
  • Settled in Bangkok
  • The paths to good-bye
  • An American writer
  • The Canadian grande dame
  • "Shall we dance?": Anna and U.S.-Thai relations.

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