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Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685
by Chevalier de Chaumont • Abbe de Choisy • Michael Smithies (Translator) • Jacques Dumaray (Illustrator)
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 1998
- PAPER
- 226 PAGES
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The ambassador to Siam under Louis the XIV records the scandalous goings-on in the court of King Narai. With three short reports by the Abbe de Choisy, a gambling transvestite priest sent along to help convert the king to Christianity.
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