Mandela : a biography /

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by Meredith, Martin.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : PublicAffairs, (New York :) Physical details: xviii, 653 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Mandela, Nelson, --1918- | African National Congress --History. | Political prisoners --South Africa --Biography. | Presidents --South Africa --Biography. | South Africa --Politics and government --20th century. | South Africa --Race relations. Year : 2010 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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"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.