(London: Harper Collins, 1999) 0002558297. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xxvi + 678, incl. index; plates; map. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper; regular light browning; trace of foxing to edges. Very good condition. "The life of Nelson Mandela, from the personal and the global perspective, is one of the epic stories of the twentieth century. It is also one of the most inspiring. Twenty years ago, Mandela was an almost forgotten figure languishing in jail on Robben Island: today, as he leaves office as President of South Africa, he is one of the most widely admired leaders on earth. By giving Anthony Sampson unprecedented access to 27 years' worth of unpublished correspondence from prison, as well as to other unpublished writings including his original, suppressed, autobiography, Mandela has enabled to write the most comprehensive account of his life to date." .

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10141
Title: Mandela. The Authorised Biography
Author: Sampson, Anthony
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0002558297
ISBN 13: 9780002558297
Publisher: (London: Harper Collins, 1999) 0002558297
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: 1999
Keywords: South Africa. South African politics. ANC. African National Congress. Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Apartheid. Racism. South African History
Bookseller catalogs: South African History;

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