"The King and I" was derived from Margaret Landon's 1944 book her "and the King of Siam"
It is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, 
... of Siam by Margaret Landon, which is in turn derived from the memoirs of ... 
and asked her to see that her husband read a book that Holtzmann... [DOC] [TLE] The King and I versus Les Miserables | Stuff.co.nz [PAR] Jul 23, 2014 ...