Mandela: The Authorized Biography - Rilegato

Sampson, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 0375400192 ISBN 13: 9780375400193

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1999

Riassunto

A fascinating authorized biography of South African leader Nelson Mandela by a long-time acquaintance draws on personal letters, documents, and interviews with hundreds of people to chronicle his rise from imprisoned victim of apartheid to South Africa's presidential palace. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

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Praise from the British press for
Mandela: The Authorized Biography
"It is hard to believe that a better biography will ever be written."
--Justin Cartwright, Sunday Telegraph

"No leader can bequeath his country everlasting freedom, but Mandela did bequeath an everlasting lesson. Sampson's story is worthy of that bequest."
--Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times

"This will be the last word on Mandela for years to come . . . Sampson adds much surprising and even startling material . . . This is far more than a deeply informed biography, it becomes a history of South Africa since 1960 . . . It will be hard to improve upon this crowning conclusion to Sampson's long career as a loving and expert chronicler of South Africa."
--J. D. F. Jones, Evening Standard

"Warmly to be welcomed, not least because it is more substantial and revealing than Mandela's best-selling autobiography . . . This  biography is a great leap forward in our understanding of a man who is both enigmatic and private."
--Denis Judd, The Independent

"Anthony Sampson's biography of Nelson Mandela is measured, detailed without a moment of tedium, incisive in its perceptions and, at times, profoundly moving. It is worthy of its subject."
--Ronald Segal, The Observer

L'autore:

Anthony Sampson is a distinguished British journalist, the author of nearly twenty books, including Anatomy of Britain, The Seven Sisters, and Company Man. His connection with South Africa dates back to the 1950s, when he was editor of the black magazine Drum in Johannesburg and first met Nelson Mandela. He has visited and reported from the country many times since.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375400192
• ISBN 13: 9780375400193
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 672