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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi--known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply ""The Lady""--has recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment when Burma, after decades of stagnation, is once again in flux.

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<p> A spellbinding biography of Aung San Suu Kyi...a complex and nuanced portrait of her on so many levels. Huffington Post [A] rich new biography of Burma s most famous dissident. NewYorker.com Illuminates the qualities that have made her one of the twenty-first century s great political personalities. New York Review of Books In the latest, and very timely, biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, Peter Popham ably chronicles the incredible story of her life. New Republic Conveys, better than any other account, the stirring drama of [Suu Kyi s] confrontations with the junta...an essential record of the struggle for democracy in Burma. London Review of Books Sheds new light on Burma's heroine and the still-unfolding struggle against military oppression she personifies. An important book. Joseph Lelyveld, author of Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India

<p> [A] rich new biography of Burma s most famous dissident. NewYorker.com Peter Popham s vivid new biography, The Lady and the Peacock, illuminates the qualities that have made [Aung San Suu Kyi] one of the twenty-first century s great political personalities. New York Review of Books Peter Popham tells this story superbly in The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, by far the best book yet written on this elusive heroine. The Wall Street Journal In the latest, and very timely, biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, Peter Popham ably chronicles the incredible story of her life. The New Republic Peter Popham s life of Aung San Suu Kyi is gripping, partisan and emotional . . . It contains fascinating new material and conveys, better than any other account, the stirring drama of her confrontations with the junta. But perhaps the most interesting thing about it is its timing. . . . The Lady and the Peacock is an essential record of the struggle for democracy in Burma before the mysteries and promise of the Thein Sein era: a reminder of the 49 long years that preceded eight breathless months of reform. London Review of Books Peter Popham s richly detailed biography sheds new light on Burma s heroine and the still unfolding struggle against military oppression she personifies. An important book. Joseph Lelyveld, author of Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India A masterly narration of the life of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi . . . She makes one proud to be human in her company. What a gift to our world and what a splendid telling of it in this book. We are deeply indebted to Peter Popham for such a superb account. Archbishop Desmond Tutu This is the definitive and superbly written account of one of the most intriguing and admirable political and moral figures of our times. Pankaj Mishra, author of An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World A spellbinding biography of Aung San Suu Kyi . . . provides a complex and nuanced portrait of

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A professional journalist since 1982, PETER POPHAM has been a staff writer on the ""Independent"" since 1990. Now Associate Foreign Editor, he has been Rome correspondent as well as South Asia correspondent for the newspaper. He has travelled inside Burma many times, written on the country, and also interviewed Aung San Suu Kyi. He lives in Italy.

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