Snow over Surabaya

Not many British schoolgirls have grown up to become revolutionary heroes of distant nations but Muriel Stewart Walker did just that.

Under a multitude of different names she joined in the struggle for Indonesian independence adter the Second World War and broadcast its revolutionary message to the world on Rebel Radio.

But she did more and smuggled arms, and probably drugs, to help finance the new Republic and experienced bloody battle in the British attack on Surabaya.

She went on to become an intimate of the revolutionary leaders and finally lived to see Indonesia take its place amongst the free nations of the world.

Glaswegian 'Surabaya Sue' is virtually unknown in the West and, even in Indonesia, there have always been doubts about her version of events.

This book embraces those doubts and brings a new, spirited account of her adventures.