Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu - Monique Brinson Demery • BookLikes (ISBN:1610394674)

Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu

by: Monique Brinson Demery (author)

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9781610394673 (1610394674)

Publish date: October 7th 2014

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Pages no: 280

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, Biography, History, Literature, Cultural, Book Club, Politics, Asian Literature, Asia

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KOMET rated it

8 years ago

http://KOMET.booklikes.com KOMET 5.0 MADAME NHU: SOUTH VIETNAM'S MARIE ANTOINETTE?

text MADAME NHU: SOUTH VIETNAM'S MARIE ANTOINETTE?

I came to this book in a rather indirect way. Some years ago, I heard a radio interview with the author, Monique Brinson Demery, in which she described her ongoing efforts to meet the mysterious Madame Nhu (1924-2011) and earn her trust. It was a fascinating story. One that stimulated some part of m...

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Sheila's Reads rated it

9 years ago

http://Sheila.booklikes.com Sheila's Reads 4.0 FINDING THE DRAGON LADY by Monica Brinson Demery

text FINDING THE DRAGON LADY by Monica Brinson Demery

The biography of South Vietnam's First Lady, Madame Nhu. It was interesting to read about history that I lived through. It was a different take on the war. It is told through Madame Nhu's eyes. I don't feel I got to know her but I liked how people saw her differently than she saw herself. She was a ...

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