Aspects of the Embassy to Siam 1685 (Treasures from the Past)
Book Details
Author(s)
Chevalier de Chaumont, Abbe de Choisy
Publisher
Silkworm Books
ISBN / ASIN
9747100517
ISBN-13
9789747100518
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Description
The Chevalier de Chaumont was the devout and unbending ambassador of Louis XIV to King Narai of Siam in 1685, and the AbbŽ de Choisy, famous for his gambling debts and transvestite exploits, was his unlikely coadjutant. This is the first complete English translation of Chamont's account of his embassy, along with three texts by Choisy and drawings by Jacques Dumar?ay.
