The French Wolf and the Siamese Lamb. The French Threat to Siamese Independence 1858-1907

by Patrick Tuck

A$50 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Bangkok. White Lotus. 1995. Stock ID #214557 Maps, colour and black and white plates, xviii + 434pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices. A good paperback copy. Explains how narrowly Siam survived the French menace to her independence during the period of the European scramble for colonies. For half a century after arriving in Cochinchina in 1858, the French encroached on Siamese territory and interests in

• Binding: Paperback

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