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

by Alfred Habegger

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 be transformed into a powerful Western myth by Margaret...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299298302
• ISBN13: 9780299298302
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"