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Bewitched By Burma
Bewitched by Burma gives a rare insight into Myanmar's remarkable past. Based on largely unpublished letters and diaries written during the first half of the twentieth century, it paints an intimate picture of everyday life in pre-independence Burma.
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Bewitched by Burma gives a rare insight into Myanmar's remarkable past. Based on largely unpublished letters & diaries written during the first half of the twentieth century, it paints an intimate picture of everyday life in pre-independence Burma.
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