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Playing The Enemy eBook

Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation

by John Carlin
language: english
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, August of 2008 ‧
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The inspiration for the film INVICTUS, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. 

Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. After being released from prison and winning South Africa''s first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela''s miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, enduring bond.

Playing The Enemy

Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation

by John Carlin

Property Description
ISBN: 9781440634246
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Release Date: August of 2008
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > Africa
eBooks in English > Others
EAN: 9781440634246
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Carlin

John Carlin foi diretor executivo do jornal inglês The Independent on Sunday, para o qual exerceu as funções de correspondente na África do Sul entre 1989 e 1995. Colaborou regularmente com outras publicações de renome como o The New York Times, o El País, o The Guardian, o The Times, o Financial Times, o Wall Street Journal e o Observer. É autor do livro Playing the Enemy, sobre o antigo presidente sul-africano Nelson Mandela, o qual serviu de inspiração ao filme Invictus, realizado por Clint Eastwood e protagonizado por Morgan Freeman e Matt Damon.

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