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**FoetAgerhot46** · 05-08-2008, 03:57 AM

Thanks. Another book is "the king never smiles" (A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej) by Paul M. Handley.

I have heard-and read-that particular book is very ill informed, the author never having never actually met the King, and interpreting events from a warped perspective. Subsequently his book very critical of His Majesty. Some have even said the book was deliberately written in a sensational manner by Handley, a Journalist, purely to sell copies. Stevenson, on the other hand had constant direct access to His Majesty, and became His confidant.

05-08-2008, 03:57 AM	#4
FoetAgerhot46 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	Thanks. Another book is "the king never smiles" (A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej) by Paul M. Handley. I have heard-and read-that particular book is very ill informed, the author never having never actually met the King, and interpreting events from a warped perspective. Subsequently his book very critical of His Majesty. Some have even said the book was deliberately written in a sensational manner by Handley, a Journalist, purely to sell copies. Stevenson, on the other hand had constant direct access to His Majesty, and became His confidant.
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