Marisa’s Reviews > Four Reigns > Status Update

Ah, Phi An divorced his French wife. And Praphai looks like she'll follow suit soon

Title spotted!

~ Phloi, aged over fifty, had started to call herself a khon si phaendin, a person of four reigns, having been born in the reign of King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, and at present a loyal subject of King Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII.

Ah, Rama VII has abdicated the throne

I don't know why, but I remember the last half of this book better than the first half 🤷🏻‍♀️

~ Enter politics, and they find themselves thrown together, for politics is one huge all-embracing field; politics widens horizons, pulls down walls and invites everybody in.

Oh, Khun Prem is gone. Just like that.

Well, that was a short reign for Rama VI. He had no male heirs, so who will be Rama VII? A brother? A cousin?

Oh my. Bringing a farang (specifically, European) wife back home without warning? Praphan, you should know better

Ot's manservant sounds like Jeeves

Sundays are red