Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom

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Produktbeschreibung

The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abacus
• Repr.
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 126mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780349106533
• ISBN-10: 0349106533
• Artikelnr.: 06157063

Autorenporträt

Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa, on 18 July 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948 before being arrested in August 1962. In November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in prison and started serving his sentence at Robben Island Prison in 1963 before being returned to Pretoria, where he was to later stand in the Rivonia Trial. From 1964 to 1982, he was again incarcerated at Robben Island Prison and then later moved to Pollsmoor Prison, during which his reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the anti-apartheid movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994. He is the author of the international bestsellers Long Walk to Freedom and Conversations with Myself.

Rezensionen

Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it Barack Obama

"Irresistible...One of the few political autobiographies that's also a page-turner."-Los Angeles Times Book Review