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Min aung hlaing, commanderinchief of the myanmar armed forces, twilight over burma. She taught in boulder valley schools, married howard sargent, wrote a book and, together with her second husband, founded burma lifeline in 1996 to help refugees from burma survive in thailand. Essential reading for all those going to hsipaw, where inge and her shan princ husband lived, and where her family members still look after her house, the hsipaw haw. My life as a shan princess inge sargent just married and returning to live in her new husbands native land, a young austrian woman arrived with her burmese husband by passenger ship in rangoon in 1953. Many were surprised, including his wife, when kya seng announced that all the paddy fields owned by. My life as a shan princess is based on the life of an austrian woman named inge sargent who married a shan prince and lived something of a fairytale existence until the military coup in 1962 directed by an austrian and. Sao, the ruling prince of a shan state in burma, meets inge, an austrian, while they are both studying in colorado. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. An international feature film, based on inges book twilight over burma is in the works. Her story is written in her book, twilight over burma, my life as a shan princess.
Twilight over burma was a book brought back my parents from their trip to myanmar several months ago. Twilight over burma is a story of a great happiness destroyed by evil, of one womans determination and bravery against a ruthless military regime, and of the truth behind the overthrow of one of burma s most popular local leaders. My life as a shan princess, sargent wrote that kya seng wanted to alleviate poverty by developing hsipaws abundant natural resources. My life as a shan princess kolowalu books paperback new ed by inge sargent, bertil lintner isbn. My life as a shan princess was written by inge sargent and published in 1994.
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