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Highlights
- Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's most admired leader, a man whose life has been led with exemplary courage and inspired conviction.
- About the Author: Anthony Sampson is a British journalist and author of nearly twenty books.
- 736 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Political
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About the Book
A friend of Nelson Mandela for almost 50 years, Sampson presents the most comprehensive and detailed biography of one of South Africa's most notable and politically active leaders. Photos.Book Synopsis
Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's most admired leader, a man whose life has been led with exemplary courage and inspired conviction. Now Anthony Sampson, who has known Mandela since 1951 and has been a close observer of South Africa's political life for the last fifty years, has produced the first authorized biography, the most informed and comprehensive portrait to date of a man whose dazzling image has been difficult to penetrate. With unprecedented access to Mandela's private papers (including his prison memoir, long thought to have been lost), meticulous research, and hundreds of interviews--from Mandela himself to prison warders on Robben Island, from Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo to Winnie Mandela and F. W. de Klerk, and many others intimately connected to Mandela's story--Sampson has composed an enlightening and necessary story of the man behind the myth.Review Quotes
"A lively, informative, often moving account of one of the century's most extraordinary lives." --The Boston Globe "A truly heroic story of the founder of a nation, a man of shrewdness, humanity and simplicity whose power came not from military conquest, but from moral authority." --Chicago Tribune "The triumph of Mandela is that it successfully demythologizes the man without in any way undermining his heroic stature." --The New York Times Book Review "Sampson has created a work of astounding breadth." --Newsday
About the Author
Anthony Sampson is a British journalist and author of nearly twenty books.Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.27 Inches (W) x 1.51 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.49 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Political
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Number of Pages: 736
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Anthony Sampson
Language: English
Street Date: September 12, 2000
TCIN: 91536979
UPC: 9780679781783
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-6441
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.49 pounds
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