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The truly extraordinary life story of Buhumibol, King of Thailand, who for the last 50 years has been the monarch of one of the most troubled and exotic kingdoms of the modern world. 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.
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William Stevenson, London-born journalist and author, first became interested in Thailand while serving as a royal navy fighter pilot and later spent many years in Asia, the last five living in Bangkok. He was given unprecedented access to the king and his family. He has written many books from first hand experience in international affairs, some as novels and others as best selling non-fiction, notably Kiss the Boys Goodbye (Bloomsbury 1990), Ninety Minutes at Entebbe (Bantam 1977), A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War (Macmillan 1976), and Bormann Brotherhood (Bantam, 1975).
The truly extraordinary life story of Buhumibol, King of Thailand, who for the last 50 years has been the monarch of one of the most troubled and exotic kingdoms of the modern world. 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.
About the Author
William Stevenson, London-born journalist and author, first became interested in Thailand while serving as a royal navy fighter pilot and later spent many years in Asia, the last five living in Bangkok. He was given unprecedented access to the king and his family. He has written many books from first hand experience in international affairs, some as novels and others as best selling non-fiction, notably Kiss the Boys Goodbye (Bloomsbury 1990), Ninety Minutes at Entebbe (Bantam 1977), A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War (Macmillan 1976), and Bormann Brotherhood (Bantam, 1975).
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