Mandela: The Authorised Biography
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Not to be confused with Nelson Mandela: A Biography or Long Walk to Freedom.
Mandela: The Authorised Biography is a study of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, by the British journalist Anthony Sampson.
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Author | Anthony Sampson |
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Cover artist | Annie Leibovitz |
Country | South Africa |
Language | English |
Genre | Biography |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 1999 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 678 |
ISBN | 0-00-638845-0 |
OCLC | 44484875 |
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Sampson's book was published in 1999, five years after Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. The book was one of the first to examine such issues as Winnie Mandela's crimes, and State President Frederik Willem de Klerk's suspected attempts to use the security forces to derail peace talks.