Mandela : the authorised portrait / foreword Kofi Annan ; introduction Archbishop Desmond Tutu ; editorial consultants: Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada ; narrative, Mike Nicol ; interviews: Tim Couzens, Rosalind Coward, and Amina Frense ; editor: Kate Parkin ; picture research, Gail Behrmann. - Austrlia: The Five Mile Press; PQ Blackwell, c2006. - 355 p. : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This handsome volume, with more than 400 photographs - including never-before-published material from private collections - is the only authorised biography of arguably the greatest man of our times. Superbly designed, and interspersed with stunning double-spread photographs, it includes extensive interviews with family members, close friends, colleagues and many of the world's leading figures in all walks of life. Written by a team of distinguished writers and interviewers from a shortlist of award-winning journalists, this is fitting tribute to a man whose courage and moral authority have stood as a beacon to a bitterly divided nation - and to the whole world.

9781741248937

2013487838


Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 --Pictorial works.


Presidents--South Africa--Biography--Pictorial works.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.


South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

DT1974 / .M348 2014

968.6592 / MAN