"The Lady and the Peacock," Peter Popham's lucidly written biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, provides an intimate portrait of the tenacious woman who has given the people of Burma hope and inspiration during their long nightmare under military rule.
Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, believes the recent reforms are for real and intends to run for election after boycotting the sham elections in 2010 held twenty years after her party's landslide victory.
Popham draws on new material and wide-ranging interviews, including The Lady, as she is called by the Burmese, to help us better understand her struggle, strengths and influence.