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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221124925
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 264
Size : 135 x 215 mm
Five Years With Mandela

Release date : 14/04/2011

This book is a double love story -- the love of a woman for South Africa, a country that is the opposite of her own and the love of a man for the country he was deprived from for so long.

Joëlle Bourgois was appointed ambassador...

This book is a double love story -- the love of a woman for South Africa, a country that is the opposite of her own and the love of a man for the country he was deprived from for so long.

Joëlle Bourgois was appointed ambassador when Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Their professional collaboration led to a deep friendship, sharing joyful moments in his garden

It was Joëlle Bourgois who persuaded François Mitterrand to visit the new South Africa and he was the first head of state to do so. Mandela has never forgotten such loyalty.

Joëlle Bourgois’s writes here with sensitivity and finesse. Hers is an animated and often poignant story about one of the most important men in contemporary history and about his extraordinary political adventure.

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EAN : 9782221124925
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 264
Size : 135 x 215 mm
Robert Laffont