Marisa’s Reviews > Four Reigns > Status Update

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

The traditional color for Tuesday is pink, and the color for Wednesday is green