In this utterly compelling book, eminent writer, journalist and friend of Nelson Mandela since 1951, Anthony Sampson reveals the man behind the legend. With unprecedented access to the former South African president - the letters he wrote in prison, his unpublished jail autobiography, extensive conversations, and interviews with hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family - Sampson depicts the realities of Mandela's private and public life, and the tragic tension between them.
Newly updated with more information and a contribution from esteemed South African journalist John Battersby, Mandela is the ultimate biography of one of the 20th centuries greatest icons.