Mandela: The Authorised Biography
Anthony Sampson
The definitive authorised biography by Anthony Sampson, who knew Mandela since 1951, offering unprecedented access to Mandela’s private papers and prison letters.
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Gandhi Before India
by Ramachandra Guha (2013)
About this book
The first volume of Ramachandra Guha definitive two-part biography tracing Mohandas Gandhi from his humble childhood in Gujarat through his formative decades as a lawyer and activist in South Africa, where he invented satyagraha.
Setting / LocationSouth Africa & England
Story EraLate 19th - Early 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreMohandas Gandhi (Young Lawyer & Reformer)
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