Xanouvong left his native Laos aged 15 in 1975 and he has been based in the in the West ever since. He is a lover of nature, and a man of peace, justice and truth. Retaining family and cultural ties with Laos, he wrote Lao LanXang and its Last King after extensive research into his native country’s history and with great affection for his roots there.
The Lao and the Siamese are descendants of the same Ai-Lao race, but they have different characters and destinies, and they established their own kingdoms.The invasion of ViengChan by Siam in 1779 left Lao LanXang in danger of total collapse. The twelve-year-old prince Chao Anouvong,...
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