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The Lady

Name: The Lady
Author: Barbara Victor
ISBN: 9780571211777

by Barbara Victor

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Overview

Now in paperback, the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s role in the struggle against Burma’s military junta. Included is a new afterword by the author, which covers events from the time of the original publication in 1998 to Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest in May 2002.

About the Author, Barbara Victor

Barbara Victor is a journalist who has covered the Middle East for most of her career. She is also the author of four novels, which have been translated into twenty-two languages, and six nonfiction works. Her most recent nonfiction work is Women Suicide Bombers, which will coincide with her television film documentary on women suicide bombers in the Occupied Territories and Gaza. Ms. Victor and her husband divide their time between Paris and New York.