Nelson Mandela
Subtitle: a biography
By: Martin Meredith
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847399328
Subjects: Presidents; Biography
Description: Fully revised and updated, in a biography the Sunday Times described as 'a fitting epitaph to an extraordinary career', Martin Meredith details the life of Nelson Mandela, one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to deliver a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa after years of racial division and violence and to establish a fledgling democracy there. Now Meredith has revisited and significantly updated his biography to incorporate the reaction to his death, as well as giving perspective and hindsight on the man and his legacy and to examine how far his hopes for the new South Africa have been realised.
Notes: Previous edition: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.