by WilliamStevenson (Author)
The truly extraordinary life story of Bhumibol, King of Thailand, who for the last fifty years has been the monarch of one of the most troubled and exotic kingdoms of the modern world has sold over 6,000 copies in hardback and is now available for the first time in an affordable paperback edition.
Brought up in the west, Bhumibol acceded to the Thai throne when his brother King Ananda was assassinated, and was immediately
confronted, at the age of 19, with a task that was dangerous and almost unimaginably difficult. Not only was his position insecure - he was suspected both domestically and internationally of engineering his brother's murder - but the country he hardly knew was a crucible of conflicting ideas and influences.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Robinson Publishing
Published: 27 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 1841194514
ISBN 13: 9781841194516
Book Overview: First paperback publication of this colourful and controversial book about the King of Thailand