{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-bangkok","title":"The Rough Guide to Bangkok","description":"We are offering a high discount on this book due to slightly damage.INTRODUCTIONThe headlong pace and flawed modernity of Bangkok match few people’s visions of the capital of exotic Siam. Spiked with scores of high-rise buildings of concrete and glass, it’s a vast flatness which holds a population of at least nine million, and feels even bigger. But under the shadow of the skyscrapers you’ll find a heady mix of chaos and refinement, of frenetic markets and hushed golden temples, of early-morning almsgiving ceremonies and ultra-hip designer boutiques.Bangkok is a relatively young capital, established in 1782 after the Burmese sacked Ayutthaya, the former capital. A temporary base was set up on the western bank of the Chao Phraya River, in what is now Thonburi, before work started on the more defensible east bank, where the first king of the new dynasty, Rama I, built his fabulously ornate palace within a defensive ring of canals. He named this \"royal island\" Ratanakosin, and it remains the city’s spiritual heart, not to mention its culturally most rewarding quarter.\u0026amp;nbsp;","brand":"Paul Gray \u0026 Lucy Ridout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46158925365308,"sku":"RP9781858285719","price":250.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/H00.jpg?v=1789385525","url":"https:\/\/libertybooks.com\/products\/the-rough-guide-to-bangkok","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}