Nelson Mandela

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' — Barack Obama 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' — The Times 'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity' — Andre Brink 'Splendid... This is his story and the story of that...

The first, and only, authorised and authenticated collection of correspondence spanning the 27 years Nelson Mandela was held as a political prisoner. While incarcerated in South Africa in four prisons as a sentenced prisoner between 1962 and 1990, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to loved ones, followers, prison authorities, and government officials, documenting his plight as the most prominent political...

First published to mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela sparked celebrations around the globe for one of the “greatest warriors of all time” (O, The Oprah Magazine). Featuring 94 letters selected from that landmark collection, as well as six new letters that have never been published, this historic paperback provides an essential political...