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	The Truth About Anna Leonowens
		Anna Leonowens is world famous as the governess in the Court of Siam due to the popularity of the musical The King and I. Many people believed that they were watching a true story.
		Anna claimed she was born in Wales in 1834, which would have made her 28 when she arrived in Bangkok in 1862.
		In 1857, Leonowens, by then a major, was posted to Singapore and it was there Anna heard the bad news that a small fortune left to her by her father had been lost in the collapse of a bank during the Indian Mutiny.
	www.thaistudents.com /kingandi/owens.html (2091 words)

	Anna Leonowens
		Anna Leonowens (1834 - 1914) is chiefly famous for being the British governess in The King and I.
		It may be concluded that the opening scenes of the famous films based on the life of Anna Leonowens, in which the young "English" widow arrives in the strange eastern city of Bangkok amongst people whose way of life is a complete mystery to her, are highly misleading.
		In 1867, Anna went to live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she became involved in women's education, was a suffragette and one of the founders of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Anna_Leonowens.html (1283 words)

	Anna Leonowens and the King - fact or fiction?
		Anna Leonowens is world famous as the governess in the court of Siam due to the popularity of the musical The King and I. Many people believed that they were watching a true story.
		Anna claimed she was born in Wales in 1834, which would have made her 28 when she arrived in Bangkok in 1862.
		In 1857, Leonowens, by then a major, was posted to Singapore and it was there Anna heard the bad news that a small fortune left to her by her father had been lost in the collapse of a bank during the Indian Mutiny.
	members.tripod.com /king_anna/leonowens.html (2020 words)

	Anna Leonowens - Definition, explanation
		Anna Leonowens (November, 1831 - 1915) is chiefly famous for being the British governess portrayed in the musical The King and I.
		Anna Leonowens died on January 19, 1915 and was interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
		Leonowens presented her own account as factual and for most of the 20th century it was accepted by most in the west as such, despite being strongly disputed in Thailand.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/an/anna_leonowens.php (1836 words)

	Anna Leonowens at AllExperts
		Anna Leonowens (November, 1831 - January 19, 1915) is chiefly famous for being the British governess portrayed in the musical The King and I.
		Leonowens claimed in her memoirs to have been born Anna Harriette Crawford in Caernarfon, Wales on 5 November 1834, daughter of Thomas Crawford, a British army captain, who died in action after her birth.
		Anna Leonowens died on January 19, 1915 at 83 years of age, and was interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/an/anna_leonowens.htm (1636 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: ANNA & THE KING review
		Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster), recently widowed, travels with her young son Louis (Tom Felton) to the alien culture of Siam.
		Anna would seem to consider herself an equal, and her attitude is indulged; she is called "sir" since no woman may stand in the presence of the king.
		Anna and the King was not treated kindly by either the critics or the public.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_2/annaandtheking.html (1140 words)

	Anna and the King: Cinephiles Movie Review
		Anna and the King, directed by Andy Tennant, tells the epic story of a British teacher, Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster), who travels with her young son to Thailand after being hired by the King of Siam (Chow Yun-Fat) to educate his fifty-eight children.
		Anna and the King is based on the publications of the real Anna Leonowens, who documents her experiences in the foreign land.
		In spite of the greater focus on Anna's perception of the injustice and prejudice that surround her, and on her struggles to repress her growing sentiments toward the King, Anna and the King's most interesting aspect is the portrayal of the ritualistic world of the King and his royal family.
	www.cinephiles.net /Anna_and_the_King/Film-Synopsis.html (231 words)

	Welcome to Anna
		Anna Leonowens and her toddler son arrived in Bangkok aboard the steamer Choa Praya on March 15, 1862.
		Anna’s arrival in the mysterious land of Siam was at a time when most of Southeast Asia had become colonised by either England or France.
		This restaurant is named after Anna Leonowens to celebrate the great period in Thailand’s history during the reign of the open-minded and brave King Mongkut who recognised the importance of learning English and opening his country to foreign trade.
	www.annascafes.com /AboutAnnas.htm (338 words)

	Anna and the King. A Hollywood Jesus Visual Film Revie-w.
		English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has done something that women of the Victorian age simply never do: The young widow has traveled thousands of miles with her son to Siam, a land that is largely unknown to the Western world.
		Anna discovers that Mongkut is a true man of vision who is leading Siam to take its place among the nations of the modern world.
		An important lesson that Anna learns is that she must respect the social workings and culture that she is in.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /anna_and_king.htm (800 words)

	Royalty.nu - King Mongkut of Siam (Rama IV) and Anna Leonowens - The Real "King And I"
		Although historians question the accuracy of Anna's version of her life story as well as her account of life in the Siamese court, her two books (The English Governess at the Siamese Court and The Romance of the Harem) created great interest in King Mongkut and Siam that continues to this day.
		Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, illustrated by Margaret Ayer.
		The fascinating 1944 novel on which Anna and the King was based, adapted from the memoirs of the real Anna Leonowens, a 19th century Englishwoman who served as governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam.
	www.royalty.nu /Asia/Thailand/Mongkut.html (1339 words)

	Anna Leonowens and the censors of Siam ‹ log ‹ สาระสนเท่ห์ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The impact of Anna Leonowens during her 5 years service was so insignificant that her name was mentioned in King Mongkut’s correspondences only once when he described her as rather “nosy”.
		In the event that Anna Leonowens was actually or even partly responsible for his successful initiatives or conduct, he would certainly has [sic] given her the credit in the same way that he honourad [sic] Gustav Rolin Jaqueman the General Adviser who ably assisted him throughout the 1893 conflict with France.
		According the Thai translation, he expressed confidence that Anna would be open-minded enough to accept his arguments because she was “not ignorant of the world’s political affairs like other women” and mentioned Prince Chulalongkorn as “your beloved student” in his conclusion favoring the go-slow approach to abolition.
	sanpaworn.vissaventure.com /?id=188 (1499 words)

	Anna Leonowens Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		However, Leonowens was known in her own time not only as the author of two books on Siam but also as a sometime travel writer, supporter of social and feminist causes, cofounder of the Victoria School of Art and Design in Halifax, and lecturer in Sanskrit at McGill University in Montreal.
		Anna Leonowens lost several relatives in the mutiny and was left penniless after the failure of Indian banks.
		Leonowens was also active in her Halifax years in supporting the countess of Aberdeen in founding a Local Council of Women, in advocating various social causes to better the conditions of women and children, and in furthering the fight for women's enfranchisement.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/anna-leonowens-dlb (1273 words)

	Anna Leonowens' Halifax Legacy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The accuracy of Anna's memoirs, "English Governess at the Siamese Court" is as hotly debated now as in decades past, but there is little controversy surrounding her initiative to establish the Victorian School of Art and Design in Halifax 17 years later.
		Anna only wrote two books (see below) before moving north to Halifax in 1876 where she lived until 1897, but in them, her understanding of artistic license and promotion was apparent.
		Its mandate states, "Anna Leonowens was a party to the founding of the institution and the history of her life is a testament to a probing, creative spirit directed towards service".
	www.highway7.com /t_people/ppl_0011_anna_leonowens.html (617 words)

	Museum Volunteers Philippines
		Anna and her sister Eliza were sent for schooling to relatives of their father, returning to India in their early teens and to a life which must have been appalling and squalid.
		Anna's school, although she managed to send Avis to England for an education, was not a success.
		Anna had never been closer to having her carefully created myth exploded, and she had no wish to be embarrassed in front of her adoring grandchild.
	mvphilippines.hypermart.net /anna.htm (2127 words)

	The King and I: Fact or Fiction?
		Anna was not employed as a governess, nor did she figure highly in the Royal Court.
		"Anna and the King" is an epic tale set in Thailand in the late 19th Century, and chronicles the true life adventures of British governess Anna Leonowens, who is hired by the King of Siam to educate his fifty-eight children.
		Anna Leonowens first wrote "The English Governess at the Court of Siam" in 1870, three years after she had left Thailand.
	www.siameselife.com (1498 words)

	AsianWeek: A&E: Magic Missing from Anna and the King (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born and raised in British India, where she married a clerk who died when Leonowens was still in her 20s, Anna was the fourth in a series of schoolteachers hired by the court of Siam to instruct the royal household in English, history and science.
		Much of Anna and the King, based upon the diaries of Anna Leonowens, remains essentially unchanged from earlier renditions -- even down to details of dialogue -- with the exception of an absence of song and dance numbers, and the addition of a treasonous subplot that adds some welcome momentum to the film.
		Plucky Anna accepts the challenge, but finds it more difficult to reconcile herself to the reality that the Siam governed by King Mongkut, is far more enlightened than she had believed.
	www.asianweek.com /1999_12_23/ae_annaandtheking.html (1129 words)

	aboutfilm.Com - Anna and the King (1999)
		Brushing aside her request for quarters outside of the palace, he introduces Anna to his multitude of wives, concubines, and children, and he informs Anna that Chulalongkorn will not be her only pupil.
		Later in the story, when Anna and the King shows Mongkut taking Anna's advice and treating her as an equal, as we know he eventually will, we see that it is because he is choosing to do so, not because of Anna's ability to steamroll him.
		Anna discovers that some of the servants in the palace are being treated abominably, and, as Anna gets to know the King's family, it becomes clear to her that the wives are little more than slaves themselves.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/a/annaandtheking.htm (1697 words)

	Anna and the King - Articles page 1
		But Anna Leonowens, or rather her account of life at the court of King Rama IV in the late 19th century, has been ''reborn'' several times.
		Laurence Blender's draft script for Anna and the King was rejected by the National Film Board on Oct 15 on the grounds that it was factually inaccurate and potentially insulting to the Royal family.
		Anna and the King of Siam was released in 1946 and starred Rex Harrison and Irene Dunne.
	members.tripod.com /king_anna/articles1.html (4233 words)

	Anna and the King Movie Review by Anthony Leong
		In 1862, Anna Leonowens, the widow of a British officer, left her home in India to take up residence in the Kingdom of Siam (now modern-day Thailand), where she was hired by the reigning monarch, King Mongkut, to act as governess for his numerous wives and children.
		This time, "Anna and the King" is a live action 'epic romance' based on 'the diaries of Anna Leonowens', and was embroiled in controversy even prior to production, when the Thai government refused to allow filming in their country despite three script changes.
		Anna begins to see the King as a benevolent and compassionate leader caught between thousands of years of tradition and the inevitability of progress, while the King begins to see the seemingly impetuous Anna as a conduit for helping Siam and its monarchy take its place in a rapidly-changing world.
	www.mediacircus.net /annaandtheking.html (1507 words)

	Amazon.ca: Anna Leonowens: Books: Leslie Smith Dow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		SOME STORIES are just too good to die, and the life story of Anna Leonowens - better known as Anna, the English governess who tamed the wilful King of Siam appears to be one of them.
		Anna Leonowens died in 1915, nearly forgotten after her celebrated career in the 1870s and '80s, until Margaret Landon resurrected her with the sensational and "highly coloured" Anna and the King of Siam in 1944.
		Now, in Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I, the Halifax journalist Leslie Smith Dow makes a determined run at uncovering the whole truth about her wily subject's life.
	www.amazon.ca /Anna-Leonowens-Leslie-Smith-Dow/dp/0919001696 (277 words)

	anna leonowens: essaysgenius.com- genius essays, genius book reports, genius term papers
		Had Anna not been a mother, her behavior and lifestyle would not have raised eyebrows, nor would it have caused any damage other than a broken heart when the heat of passion subsided.
		However, Anna was not single and exposing her daughter, Molly, to such an open relationship was placing her at risk.
		Anna was not living and behaving as a feminist as much as she was a naïve star-crossed, smitten young woman who is away from her parents for the first time and declares her independence from them by...
	www.essaysgenius.com /term-papers/56162/anna-leonowens.html (409 words)

	Anna and the King : Lees reviews en vergelijk prijzen op Ciao
		Anna Leonowens, een Engelse lerares, reist in 1860 naar Siam om daar kinderen les te geven.
		Anna heeft moeite om zich aan te passen en haar karakter botst nog wel eens met dat van de koning.
		De koning is onder de indruk van Anna en zij op haar beurt is onder de indruk van de koning Op een dag moeten en 2 mensen onthoofd worden, 2 geliefden die niet...
	www.ciao-shopping.nl /Anna_and_the_King__745974 (413 words)

	Anna Leonowens (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1857, Anna was in Singapore -- a penniless young widow with two small children.
		What is known is that in 1862, King Mongkut was looking for a new English teacher to teach his wives and children instead of the Christian missionaries whose preaching was boring the King's family.
		Anna worked at the royal court teaching the King's family for five years.
	www33.websamba.com /stsicco/eng9.htm (108 words)

	Amazon.de: The English Governess at the Siamese Court: English Books: Anna Leonowens (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Anna Leonowens' memoir of her six years as a governess in the Royal Palace of Bangkok was the inspiration for the beloved Broadway musical The King and I, as well as two award-winning films.
		Leonowens is a perfect mirror of the superior attitude of the Anglo-Saxon in his drive to finally control 3/4 of the earth.
		This is one of a few books which are written by Anna Leonowens herself as a English teacher in Siam.
	www.amazon.de /English-Governess-Siamese-Court/dp/1419160990 (780 words)

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