Bangkok: The Story of a City

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An exhaustively researched, deftly written examination of Bangkok- the city that Chinese traders once called 'The Village of the Wild Plum'. Alec Waugh, brother of Evelyn, and bestselling author of Island in the Sun and Loom of Youth; first came to Siam in September 1926, and was immediately enchanted by the miasma of Bangkok, and its colourful inhabitants. Returning some thirty years later for a series of extended visits; Waugh resolved to document the history of this uniquely fascinating metropolis. Bangkok is an informative, yet always entertaining history of Bangkok and its people.