- Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Kings and rulers, Biography
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. "The King Never Smiles," the first independent biography of Thailand's monarch, tells the unexpected story of Bhumibol's life and sixty-year rule.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and cool.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Paul M. Handley
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 506
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780300106824
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