Thursday, August 27, 2015

Your late summer reading--go back to Ayuthia and the Burmese invasion--

Your late summer reading--go back in time to Ayuthia and the Burmese invasion.


The Rider of Crocodiles
Dr. Kaung was traveling in Thailand when a colleague told her his great great grandfather was not killed in Ayuthia in 1767 when the Burmese invaded, as he knew how to ride crocodiles.
print edition
Kindle edition
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It must be mind--boggling--excerpt from Chrysta Bilton's book--

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/10/i-discovered-i-have-dozens-probably-hundreds-of-siblings-chrysta-biltons-extraordinary-famil...