Meredith, Martin.

Mandela : a biography / Martin Meredith. - New York : PublicAffairs, c2010. - xviii, 653 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

"First published in 1997 in Great Britain by the Penguin Group"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-625) and index.

The mission school ladder -- Johannesburg -- Friends and comrades -- The apartheid machine -- The 'M' plan -- The freedom charter -- 'The fabulous decade' -- A trial of endurance -- Spear of the nation -- Capture -- Operation Mayibuye -- The Rivonia trial -- Prisoner 466/64 -- A double ordeal -- Soweto -- Free Mandela! -- Talking with the enemy -- The football club -- Botha's tea party -- A step to freedom -- The third man -- Winnie's trial -- Codesa -- Winnie's downfall -- The sunset clause -- The loneliest man -- The election roller-coaster -- Reinventing South Africa -- The bitter end -- The gravy train -- Dealing with the past -- Passing the baton -- L'envoi.

ISBN: 9781586488321 (alk. paper) : $29.95 1586488325 (alk. paper) : $29.95 9781586489519 (tr. pbk.)

LCCN: 2010001287

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
African National Congress--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
Presidents--South Africa--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
South Africa--Race relations.

LC Class. No.: DT1974 / .M474 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 968.06/5092 B