The autobiography of the man who teamed up with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II to write some of Broadway's greatest musicals.

Anna and the King of Siam is a 1944 semi-fictionalized biographical novel by Margaret Landon. In the early 1860s, Anna Leonowens, a widow with two young children, was invited to Siam (now Thailand) by King Mongkut (Rama IV), who wanted her to teach his children and wives the English language and introduce them to British customs. Her experiences during the five years she spent in the country served as the basis for two memoirs, The English Governess...