PRIME TIME; Elderhostel tour takes on lush Thailand.(Travel)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: June 3, 2001| Author: Jurek, June | Copyright information

King Mongkut of Siam decided to get his country in step with the modern world. He concluded that to begin, his many children should learn to speak English and be taught the literature and science of the West. He hired teacher Anna Leonowens, who arrived in tropical Bangkok in 1862.

Clad in petticoats, a neck-to-wrist shirtwaist, hoop skirt, bonnet and shawl, she looked nothing like Irene Dunne, Deborah Kerr or Jodie Foster. The king also bore no resemblance to Rex Harris...

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