TY - BOOK AU - Martin Meredith AU - MEREDITH (Martin) TI - Nelson Mandela: a Biography SN - 0140253823 U1 - 324.268 23 PY - 1997/// CY - England PB - Penguin Books KW - Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 KW - Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography N2 - Nelson Mandela stands out as one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to deliver a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa after years of racial division and violence and to establish a fledgling democracy there. Martin Meredith's vivid portrayal of this towering leader was originally acclaimed by the Sunday Timesas 'a fitting epitaph to an extraordinary career' and by the Daily Telegraphas 'a compelling account of the whole of Mandela's life'. Meredith's acclaimed biography incorporates a decade of additional perspective and hindsight on the man and his legacy and examines how far his hopes for the new South Africa were realised. Mandelais the most thorough and up-to-date account available of the life of its most revered hero ER -