รายละเอียด : The King and the Consul : A British Tragedy in Old Siam

The King and the Consul : A British Tragedy in Old Siam

In 1856, just months after Britain and Siam had finalised the historic
Bowing trade treaty that would prevent the country's colonisation, the
violent death of a Siamese official at the new British consulate threatened to
scuttle the deal and lead to war. The King and the Consul explores UK and
Thai archives to reveal the twists, turns and tensions of this little-known
episode that pitted Thailand's renowned King Mongkut, Rama IV, against
the first British consul, Charles Hillier. The crisis was resolved without war,
but not without cost for the participants who suffered uninterded tragic
outcomes. The book also reveals how this incident has continued to shape
official Thai attitudes to foreign ownership of land up to today.