Mandela: The Authorised Biography

ISBN-13: 9780007437979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 704 str.

Anthony Sampson

Opis

In addition to covering his years before, during and after his incarceration, the author assesses Mandela's impact as President on South Africa and the world.

Recenzje

'A magisterial, detailed and invaluable account of one of this century's greatest figures ... it is hard to believe that a better biography will ever be written.' Justin Cartwright, Sunday Telegraph

'Warmly to be welcomed, not least because it is more substantial and revealing than Mandela's bestselling autobiography...a great leap forward in our understanding of a man who is both enigmatic and private...Anthony Sampson has carried out his difficult commission with skill and sensitivity' Independent

'This will be the last word on Mandela for years to come...it will be hard to improve upon this crowning conclusion to Sampson's long career as a loving and expert chronicler of South Africa' Evening Standard

'Measured, detailed without a moment of tedium, incisive in its perceptions and at times, profoundly moving' Observer

O autorze

Anthony Sampson is the son of a research chemist in ICI, and was born in the company town of Billingham- on-Tees. He has been keenly interested in South African affairs since 1951 when, after leaving Oxford, he first went to South Africa to become editor of the black magazine 'Drum' in Johannesburg. He met Nelson Mandela that year in Soweto as Mandela was preparing for the Defiance Campaign against apartheid, which 'Drum' covered extensively.