Fr. 16.50

Snow Over Surabaya

Inglese · Tascabile

Spedizione di solito entro 2 a 3 settimane (il titolo viene stampato sull'ordine)

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Not many western schoolgirls have grown up to become revolutionary heroes of distant, eastern nations but Muriel Stewart Walker did just that. Known as 'Surabaya Sue', she joined in the struggle for Indonesian independence after WWII and smuggled arms, and probably drugs, to help finance the new Republic and experienced bloody battle in the British attack on Surabaya. An intimate of the revolutionary leaders she lived to see Indonesia finally achieve independence.

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Dr Nigel Barley (London, UK) studied at Oxford and Cambridge universities before working in the Ethnography Department of the British Museum. He settled on Indonesia as his principal research interest and has worked on both the history and contemporary culture of that area. After escaping from the museum, he is now a broadcaster and writer, with over fifteen books to his name, and divides his time between London and Indonesia.

Riassunto

Not many British schoolgirls have grown up to become revolutionary heroes of distant nations but Muriel Stewart Walker did just that. As 'Surabaya Sue', she joined in the struggle for Indonesian independence and broadcast its revolutionary message to the world on Rebel Radio.

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Autori Nigel Barley
Editore Monsoon Books
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 30.09.2017
 
EAN 9781912049004
ISBN 978-1-912049-00-4
Pagine 224
Dimensioni 128 mm x 200 mm x 17 mm
Peso 167 g
Categorie Narrativa > Romanzi
Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie
Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva
Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia

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