Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam
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. But who was Leonowens and why did her story take hold? Alfred Habegger, an award-winning biographer, draws on the archives of five continents to disclose the complex person behind the mask and the troubling facts behind the myth.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-299-29830-2
- EAN: 9780299298302
- Produktnummer: 15670886
- Verlag: Univ Of Wisconsin Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 543 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.9 cm x D4.5 cm 908 g
- Gewicht: 908
Über den Autor
Alfred Habegger is professor emeritus of English at the University of Kansas, USA. His previous biographies are The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr. and the highly acclaimed My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson.
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