Review
"Smith is a sympathetic guide through these ambiguities, gently chiding when accounts differ, seeking neither to bury Mandela nor to praise him" (Chris Waywell TIME OUT )
"Smith succeeds in bringing him to life, wading in where other biographers have feared to tread to provide much new information and genuine insight." (Stephen Robinson SUNDAY TIMES )
"This is in no sense of a hatchet job. But the consequences of Mandela's life of struggle costs not just him, but everyone close to him dear" (Peter Lewis DAILY MAIL )
"This book is valuable and fascinating, in the new detail it brings to the account of Mandela's life" (Justin Cartwright THE OBSERVER )
"this is a long-overdue exploration of the making of the Mandela myth; one that refreshes a somewhat stale and overcrowded field" (Mark Gevisser THE GUARDIAN )
"The clues to Mandela's deep conviction about the need for a multi-racial society lie in this period" (Martin Meredith MAIL ON SUNDAY )
"tells us not only of the man but of the continent and era" (Gillian Slovo DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"In this respectfully revisionist biography, dealing with the years before Mandela's imprisonment in 1964, Mandela is candid" (THE TIMES )
"This book is valuable and fascinating, in the new detail it brings to the account of Mandela's life" (Justin Cartwright IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT )
"this is a fascinating account of - perforce - the most turbulent period of Mandela's life" (Alec Russell FINANCIAL TIMES )
"It...gives an insight into the early and middle years of a future world figure" (David Winnick TRIBUNE )
David James Smith's YOUNG MANDELA takes up the tale of Mr Mandela's rise within the A.N.C. in gripping fashion" (J.M. Ledgard International Herald Tribune )
"Smith succeeds in bringing him to life, wading in where other biographers have feared to tread to provide much new information and genuine insight." (Stephen Robinson SUNDAY TIMES )
"This is in no sense of a hatchet job. But the consequences of Mandela's life of struggle costs not just him, but everyone close to him dear" (Peter Lewis DAILY MAIL )
"This book is valuable and fascinating, in the new detail it brings to the account of Mandela's life" (Justin Cartwright THE OBSERVER )
"this is a long-overdue exploration of the making of the Mandela myth; one that refreshes a somewhat stale and overcrowded field" (Mark Gevisser THE GUARDIAN )
"The clues to Mandela's deep conviction about the need for a multi-racial society lie in this period" (Martin Meredith MAIL ON SUNDAY )
"tells us not only of the man but of the continent and era" (Gillian Slovo DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"In this respectfully revisionist biography, dealing with the years before Mandela's imprisonment in 1964, Mandela is candid" (THE TIMES )
"This book is valuable and fascinating, in the new detail it brings to the account of Mandela's life" (Justin Cartwright IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT )
"this is a fascinating account of - perforce - the most turbulent period of Mandela's life" (Alec Russell FINANCIAL TIMES )
"It...gives an insight into the early and middle years of a future world figure" (David Winnick TRIBUNE )
David James Smith's YOUNG MANDELA takes up the tale of Mr Mandela's rise within the A.N.C. in gripping fashion" (J.M. Ledgard International Herald Tribune )
Book Description
The life of Nelson Mandela before his 27-year imprisonment in 1962.
