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Phoenix
November 2010
On Sale: November 4, 2010
Featuring: Nelson Mandela
368 pages
ISBN: 0753825481
EAN: 9780753825488
Kindle: B0047Y16E4
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Non-Fiction Biography
Nelson Mandela has been mythologised as a flawless hero of
the liberation struggle. But how exactly did his early life
shape the triumphs to come? This book goes behind the myth
to find the man who people have forgotten or never knew -
Young Mandela, the committed freedom fighter, who left his
wife and children behind to go on the run from the police in
the early 1960s. But his historic achievements came at a
heavy price and David James Smith graphically describes the
emotional turmoil Mandela left in his wake. After meticulous
research, and taking a lead from Mandela's trusted circle,
the author discovers much that is new, surprising, and
sometimes shocking that will enhance our understanding of
the world's elder statesman. For the first time, we have
evidence of a specific personal motivation for Mandela's
fight against apartheid, and this book sheds light on the
significant extent to which Mandela relied on white
activists - a part of South African history the ANC has
ignored or tried to bury. Sanctified, lionised, it turns out
that Mandela is a human being after all, only too aware of
his flaws and shortcomings. With unique access to people and
papers, culminating in a meeting with Mandela himself, Smith
has written the single most important contribution to our
knowledge of this global icon.
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