Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam by Alfred Habegger

Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam

Alfred Habegger

560 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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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 A...

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