Author: MAWDSLEY, JAMES
Title: The Heart Must Break - the Fight for Democracy and Truth in Burma
Description: London, Century. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712679219). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with a Fine complete dustjacket. Map endpapers and 38 photographs. The author's very harrowing tale of being imprisoned in Insein prison just 10 hours after entering Burma and distributing pro-democracy leaflets, receiving a 17 year sentence. It was the third time he had been detained and he used his time in prison to challenge and defy the ruling regime, suffering torture, hunger strikes and over a year in solitary. A very compelling account of his four years in and out of Burma and his witnessing of the genocidal persecution of it's people as publicised in the West by Aung San Suu Kyi. A1E. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Burma, Fight for Democracy 0712679219


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