The book is about the career of Samuel White during his stay in the Siam region, which is the modern-day Thailand. White was declared the ruler of Siam under James II of England.
The book is about the career of Samuel White during his stay in the Siam region, which is the modern-day Thailand. White was declared the ruler of Siam under James II of England.
Maurice Collis was an English officer and a profound writer. He served as an administrator in Burma, which at that time was a British colony. After entering into the Indian Civil Service, he served in Palestine in 1917. He was appointed as a district commissioner in Arakan in the 1920s, and in 1930 as a district magistrate in Rangoon. He is the author of several memoirs, biographies, history, fiction, drama, and other miscellaneous topics. His works include the famous work Trials in Burma; Stanley Spencer: A Biography; The Grand Peregrination: Being the Life and Adventures of Fernão Mendes Pinto, etc.
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Part One: Introductory 1 White Goes East 3 2 M3 The Company 8 4 Captain Alley and Co. 12 5 Trade and Security 16 6 Across the Bay 19 7 Mergui 23 8 An Emporium of the Coast Trade 27 9 The Forest Belt 30 10 Old Ayudhya 35 11 White Meets Phaulkon 40 12 Elephants 46 13 Phaulkon Emerges 53 14 Lord White 57 15 Apostates and Renegades 61 Part Two: The Davenport Papers 16 White Turns Filibuster 73 17 A Pirate in a River 80 18 The Capture of Devenport 91 19 Captain Coates and his Opium 102 20 White Increases the Pace 107 21 White is Recalled to Ayudhya 111 22 The Sorrowful Journey 115 23 White's Desperate Sickness 118 24 The Fierce Fight with the Macassars 128 25 Phaulkon offers to makes White Prime Minister 137 26 White make Hay 145 27 Doubts and Rumours 155 28 The Four Alternatives 160 29 White Prepares to Escape Part Three: Conclusion 275 Appendices 303\Index 317
Part One: Introductory 1 White Goes East 3 2 M3 The Company 8 4 Captain Alley and Co. 12 5 Trade and Security 16 6 Across the Bay 19 7 Mergui 23 8 An Emporium of the Coast Trade 27 9 The Forest Belt 30 10 Old Ayudhya 35 11 White Meets Phaulkon 40 12 Elephants 46 13 Phaulkon Emerges 53 14 Lord White 57 15 Apostates and Renegades 61 Part Two: The Davenport Papers 16 White Turns Filibuster 73 17 A Pirate in a River 80 18 The Capture of Devenport 91 19 Captain Coates and his Opium 102 20 White Increases the Pace 107 21 White is Recalled to Ayudhya 111 22 The Sorrowful Journey 115 23 White's Desperate Sickness 118 24 The Fierce Fight with the Macassars 128 25 Phaulkon offers to makes White Prime Minister 137 26 White make Hay 145 27 Doubts and Rumours 155 28 The Four Alternatives 160 29 White Prepares to Escape Part Three: Conclusion 275 Appendices 303\Index 317
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