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Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson`s remarkable book has now been updated by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby.
Over a decade after his presidency of South Africa, Nelson Mandela remains an inspirational figure to millions of people “ both in his homeland and far beyond her borders. He is, without doubt, one of the most important figures in global history. Mandela`s opposition to apartheid and his 27 year incarceration at the hands of South Africa`s all-white regime are familiar to most. In this utterly compelling book, eminent biographer Anthony Sampson, who knew his subject since 1951, reveals the man behind the events that rocked a continent “ and changed the world. With unprecedented access to the former South African president “ the letters he wrote in prison, his unpublished jail autobiography, extensive conversations, and interviews with hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family “ Sampson depicts the realities of Mandela`s private and public life, and the tragic tension between them. Newly updated by distinguished South African journalist John Battersby, Mandela is the ultimate biography of one of the twentieth century`s greatest statesmen ISBN: 9780007437979
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