Paul Adirex: Rattanakosin - The Birth of Bangkok

[chiangmaifalcon]

This is a great historical novel about the birth of Bangkok in 1700's. It has many great battle stories about Thailand vs. Burma but I don't know if it is available in the west.

 

[Libra]

Who's the author?

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

Paul Adirex. He was educated in America and was former Minister of Finance in Thailand and currently advisor to the prime minister. I read two of his other books which I also enjoyed. One was called The Pirates of Taratuo, which is anothrr factual historical novel about a prison camp during WWll in which both the Thai guards and Allied POWs became pirates. Another one was called Mekong, and is just an adventure novel.

 

[Libra]

The The Pirates of Taratuo sounds interesting.

Rattanakosin - The Birth of Bangkok by Paul Adirex

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

Yes it was very interesting and exciting. I went and visited Taratuo and saw the prison camp, or at least where it used to be. It is a very beautiful island.

 

[Libra]

I ordered The Pirates of Taratuo and I was reading up about the prison,season 5 of Survivor(Thailand) was filmed there on the island.
http://www.seacanoe.net/tarutaostory.htm

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

I never knew that, Thank you I will look for dvd of this series.