Mandela: A Biography 曼德拉传

图书标准信息

• 作者 Martin Meredith（马丁·梅雷迪思） 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 2010-04
• ISBN 9781847378835
• 定价 181.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 627页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

NelsonMandelastandsoutasoneofthemostadmiredpoliticalfiguresofthetwentiethcentury.ItwashisleadershipandmoralcourageaboveallthathelpedtodeliverapeacefulendtoapartheidinSouthAfricaafteryearsofracialdivisionandviolenceandtoestablishafledglingdemocracythere.MartinMeredith'svividportrayalofthistoweringleaderwasoriginallyacclaimedas'anexemplaryworkofbiography:instructive,illuminating,aswellasfelicitouslywritten'(KirkusReviews),providing'newinsightsonthemanandhistime'(WashingtonPost).NowMeredithhasrevisitedandsignificantlyupdatedhisbiographytoincorporateadecadeofadditionalperspectiveandhindsightonthemanandhislegacyandtoexaminehowfarhishopesforthenewSouthAfricahavebeenrealised.PublishedasSouthAfricacelebrates100yearssinceitsfoundingandhoststhe2010WorldCup,NelsonMandelaisthemostthoroughandup-to-dateaccountavailableofthelifeofitsmostreveredhero.

【作者简介】

MartinMeredithisajournalist,biographerandhistorianwhohaswrittenextensivelyonAfricaanditsrecenthistory.HeistheauthorofmanybooksincludingTheStateofAfrica:AHistoryofFiftyYearsofIndependence;Mugabe:Power,Plunder,andtheStruggleforZimbabwe,andMandela:ABiography.HelivesnearOxford.