The Lady and the Peacock

THE LADY AND THE PEACOCK: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi

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The Lady and the Peacock was first published in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Rider Books,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Popham, Peter.
The lady and the peacock : the life of Aung San Suu Kyi / Peter Popham.
p. cm.
Originally published: London : Rider, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61519-064-5 -- ISBN 978-1-61519-162-8 (ebook) 1. Aung San Suu Kyi. 2. Women political activists--Burma--Biography. 3. Political activists--Burma--Biography. 4. Women political prisoners--Burma--Biography. 5. Women politicians--Burma--Biography. 6. Burma--Politics and government--1988- 7. Burma--Politics and government--1948- I. Title.
DS530.53.A85P66 2012
959.105’3092--dc23
[B]
2012004652

ISBN 978-1-61519-064-5
Ebook ISBN 978-1-61519-162-8

Jacket design by Susan Mitchell
Cover photograph © Joachim Ladefoged/VII/Corbis
Author photograph © Nick Cornish
Back flap photograph of Aung San Suu Kyi © Mario Popham
Map on page xii by Rodney Paull

Manufactured in the United States of America
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
First published in the United States in April 2012
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