Finding the Dragon Lady : The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu

from Sheila1957

The biography of South Vietnam's First Lady, Madame Nhu. It was interesting to read about history that I lived through. It was a different take on the war. It is told through Madame Nhu's eyes. I don't feel I got to know her but I liked how people saw her differently than she saw herself. She was...

from JanaRose1

Madame Nhu, popularly known as the dragon lady, was the woman behind in throne in Vietnam. When the Ngo brothers are assassinated, she slips into obscurity. I knew very little about the Vietnam war and even less about events leading up to it. This was a very informative, yet interesting read. Ove...

from jimcripps

Slow to start, and almost clunky, what begins as a mix of itinerary notes and travelogs, morphs into a diary and a history lesson of a turbulent time in history for Vietnam and America. A fierce, tenacious woman, Madame Nhu was at one time an apocryphal figure in politics and Asian regime machina...

from strongstuff

In "Finding the Dragon Lady," we meet the notorious Madame Nhu, former first lady of South Vietnam, a woman both reviled and admired by an international audience. Demery presents a roughly chronological telling of Madame Nhu's past, starting with her childhood and winding through her marriage, he...

from ecataldi

An intriguing and insightful work on the legend (and the truth) of South Vietnam's Madame Nhu. Before reading this novel I had virtually no idea who she was, where she was from, or why she was important. But after reading this I can say I've learned a great deal and am amazed I hadn't come across...