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Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685

Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685
Chevalier de Chaumont  •  Abbe de Choisy  •  Michael Smithies (Translator)  •  Jacques Dumaray (Illustrator)
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 226 PAGES

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.  (TLD62, $15.00)





 
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