Passion, Betrayal, and Revolution in Colonial Saigon: The Memoirs of Bao Luong

ISBN: 0520262255

Author: Tai, Hue-Tam Ho

Condition: New

This is the incredible story of Bao Luong, Vietnams first female political prisoner. In 1927, when she was just 18, Bao Luong left her village home to join Ho Chi Minhs Revolutionary Youth League and fight both for national independence and for womens equality. A year later, she became embroiled in the Barbier Street murder, a crime in which unruly passion was mixed with revolutionary ardor. Weaving together Bao Luongs own memoir with excerpts from newspaper articles, family gossip, and official documents, this book by Bao Luongs niece takes us from rural life in the Mekong Delta to the bustle of colonial Saigon. It provides a rare snapshot of Vietnam in the first decades of the twentieth century and a compelling account of one womans struggle to make a place for herself in a world fraught with intense political intrigue.