Life and Travel in India with Recollections of a Journey before the Days of the Railroads

Anna Harriette Leonowens, Life and Travel in India with Recollections of a Journey before the Days of the Railroads, Philadelphia: Henry T Coates, 1884

325 pages + 23 plates; hardbound with gilt text on the front board and the spine
8 x 5.5 in (20.5 x 14 cm)

By Leonowens of the King and I fame, in the court of the Siamese King in 19th century.

Anna Harriette Leonowens [1831-1915] was an Anglo-Indian travel writer, educator, and social activist. Her experiences in Siam (Thailand) were fictionalised in Margaret Landon's 1944 best-selling novel Anna and the King of Siam, as well as films and television series based on the book, most notably Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1951 hit musical The King and I. During the course of her life, Leonowens also lived in Aden, Australia, Singapore, the United States and Canada. Among other achievements, she co-founded the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

The author is best known for her experiences as a Royal Governess for the King of Siam but was born in India and her mother was an Anglo-Indian (something she never mentioned for fear of prejudice).

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