Chris Baker formerly taught Asian history at Cambridge University and has lived in Thailand for over thirty years. Pasuk Phongpaichit is professor of economics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Together they have written several books including Thailand: Economy and Politics, A History of Thailand, and Thaksin. The illustrator, Muangsing Janchai, is trained in Thai painting and has executed mural paintings in several temples. He is a native of Suphanburi, Thailand.

"The translation by Baker and Pasuk is indeed a valuable work in its own right. The two-volume set covers a lot more than an English version of the standard accounts. The couple has undergone a thorough search for alternative texts for comparison . . . provided them with a rare insight into the multilayered legend and how it has been received, treated, and interpreted over time."

Chris Baker formerly taught Asian history at Cambridge University and has lived in Thailand for over thirty years. Pasuk Phongpaichit is professor of economics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Together they have written several books including Thailand: Economy and Politics, A History of Thailand, and Thaksin. The illustrator, Muangsing Janchai, is trained in Thai painting and has executed mural paintings in several temples. He is a native of Suphanburi, Thailand.

"The translation by Baker and Pasuk is indeed a valuable work in its own right. The two-volume set covers a lot more than an English version of the standard accounts. The couple has undergone a thorough search for alternative texts for comparison . . . provided them with a rare insight into the multilayered legend and how it has been received, treated, and interpreted over time."

Chris Baker formerly taught Asian history at Cambridge University and has lived in Thailand for over thirty years. Pasuk Phongpaichit is professor of economics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Together they have written several books including Thailand: Economy and Politics, A History of Thailand, and Thaksin. The illustrator, Muangsing Janchai, is trained in Thai painting and has executed mural paintings in several temples. He is a native of Suphanburi, Thailand.

"The translation by Baker and Pasuk is indeed a valuable work in its own right. The two-volume set covers a lot more than an English version of the standard accounts. The couple has undergone a thorough search for alternative texts for comparison . . . provided them with a rare insight into the multilayered legend and how it has been received, treated, and interpreted over time."