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

by Hue-Tam Ho Tai

Book Overview

This is the incredible story of Bao Luong, Vietnam's first female political prisoner. In 1927, when she was just 18, Bao Luong left her village home to join Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary Youth League and fight both for national independence and for women's 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 Luong's own memoir with excerpts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520262263
• ISBN13: 9780520262263
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"