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Daughter of the East. An autobiography

Door Benazir Bhutto

Categorie
Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer
#267941
Titel
Daughter of the East. An autobiography
Auteur
Bhutto, Benazir
Boektype
Pocket
Uitgeverij
Mandarin
Jaar van uitgave
1989
ISBN10
0749300752
ISBN13
9780749300753
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

Beautiful and charismatic, the daughter of one of Pakistan's most popular leaders -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, hanged by General Zia in 1979 -- Benazir Bhutto is not only the first woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state, she achieved a status approaching that of a royal princess, only to be stripped of her power in another example of the bitter political in-fighting that has riven her country. From her upbringing in one of Pakistan's richest families, the shock of the contrast of her Harvard and Oxford education, and subsequent politicisation and arrest after her father's death, Bhutto's life has been full of drama. Her riveting autobiography, first published in 1988 and now updated to cover her own activities since then and how her country has changed since being thrust into the internat
... (Lees verder)ional limelight after 9/11, is an inspiring tale of strength, dedication and courage in the face of adversity.
Pagina's
401
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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