[Reading] ➷ The White Umbrella Author Patricia Elliott – 20th-century.co Suspenseful and intensely moving no other book captures the tapestry of Asian history uite like The White Umbrella a dazzling true tale of modern Burma told through the life story of Sao Hearn Hkam whSuspenseful and intensely moving no other book captures the tapestry of Asian history uite like The White Umbrella a dazzling true tale of modern Burma told through the life story of Sao Hearn Hkam who has been called Princess Mahadevi First Lady Member of Parliament rebel.
Leader and refugee Born into royalty but sold into marriage like a slave Sao Hearn Hkam fought against tradition foreign invaders and the brute power of a crazed general to gain freedom for her people From the uiet Shan hills of her childhood to the Presidential Palace in R.
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ePUB Patricia Elliott Å The White Umbrella MOBI ï The White MOBI :↠ Å white kindle, umbrella kindle, The White download, The White Umbrella KindleI had never read a comprehensive history of Shan people until I began reading this book The period covered is one of transition and tumult in the history of modern Myanmar Burma In focusing the life of a Shan princess who turned into Mahadevi First Lady a rebel leader and finally a refugee the story inevitably draws in the chronicles of Shan states and of the Union of Burma as a wholeAlthough the story begins in the late 19th century the author also throws in a thing or two on the earlier history wherever permissible which makes me go and do further reading Things such as that Shan history is related to that of the Mongols that people from Inle Lake are originally from Tavoy that the CIA scandalously carried narcotic with their official flight in exchange for the hill tribes not turning into communists are welcome
ePUB Patricia Elliott Å The White Umbrella MOBI ï The White MOBI :↠ Å white kindle, umbrella kindle, The White download, The White Umbrella KindleThis book is perhaps one of my favorites I have come across on the history of Myanmar which is usually told from the majority Burman assumptions This book gives an important perspective to meditate on Moreover Sao has lived a remarkable badass life She was born a Tai princess became a First Lady of the first modern President of Burma and later a member of the Myanmar Parliament a rare feat for a woman in 1950s On top of all this after her husband and youngest son were killed Sao went underground and became a leader of Shan State Army in sixties Such a strong feisty womanHighly recommended Full review here
ePUB Patricia Elliott Å The White Umbrella MOBI ï The White MOBI :↠ Å white kindle, umbrella kindle, The White download, The White Umbrella Kindlea very important story but definitely written by a journalist don't expect to live and breathe with the characters but again the history is phenomenal and meticulous if you're interested in burma issues with a focus on ethnic minority rights go for it