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Songs of Blood and Sword

A Daughter's Memoir

By Bhutto, Fatima

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In September 1996, fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother, while shots rang out in the dark outside the family home in Karachi. This was the night her father Murtaza was murdered. It was the latest in a long line of tragedies for one of the world’s best-known political dynasties.Songs of Blood and Sword tells the story of a family of feudal landlords who became powerbrokers. It is an epic tale of intrigue, the making of modern Pakistan, and ultimately, tragedy. A searing testament to a troubled land, Songs of Blood and Sword reveals a daughter’s love for her father and her search to uncover the truth of his life and death.

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978-1-56858-632-8
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Nation: Perseus


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Reviewed on October 1, 2010

Writer and poet Fatima Bhutto is a member of one of Pakistan's most newsworthy and controversial political families. As niece to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and granddaughter to former president and prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, she has witnessed her relatives' tumultuous rise to political power and their violent, sudden deaths. Now Bhutto attempts a memoir framed by the assassination o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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