The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej by Paul M. Handley

The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej Paul M. Handley ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 512
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300106823, 9780300106824

We need to reclaim our history. The secret has been lurking like an . Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. Thailand has the world's harshest laws on lèse-majesté, or insulting the monarchy, and many of its people regard King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The essay forms Part III of Andrew's multipart book review of King Bhumibol Adulyadej A Life's Work, to which I am a contributor. King Never Smiles from English into Thai and posted it on his blog. It's high It became clear that to understand what is happening to Thailand now, at the end of Bhumibol's reign, you need to know how his reign began, and the implications of what happened. Bhumibol Adulyadej, the king who never smiles. King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born in 1927 in Boston to Prince Mahidol, the half brother of the then Thai king [King Prajadipok or Rama VII]. Before returning to Thailand in 2009 for medical treatment, allegedly posted a link on his blog to 'The King Never Smiles', an unauthorised biography of His Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, that is banned in Thailand.