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Reference code
ZA COM RCB-1225
Title
Prisoner 913: The Release of Nelson Mandela
Date(s)
- 2020 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
Printed matter, 277 pages.
Dimensions: 23.4cm x 15.4cm
Publisher: Tafelberg
Place of Publication: Cape Town
ISBN 978-0-624-07632-2
Dimensions: 23.4cm x 15.4cm
Publisher: Tafelberg
Place of Publication: Cape Town
ISBN 978-0-624-07632-2
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Name of creator
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Riaan de Villiers is a journalist, editor and book publisher with decades of experience. He was the managing editor of Leadership magazine in its heyday. He lives in Cape Town.
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Bought by NMF
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Stemmet and co-author Riaan de Villiers bring some of the most compelling secrets to light. Among others, it reveals that the covert collaboration between Mandela and the last NP government went way further than is generally known, and included an attempt by Mandela to broker a deal between the apartheid regime and the ANC in exile prior to his release. It also reveals that F.W. de Klerk made Mandela an offer that, if accepted, would have fundamentally changed the latter's role in the South African transition. Prisoner 913 casts new - often startling - light on the hidden dynamics behind one of the most important events in South Africa's political history."
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Language of material
- English
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NMCM: Reading room
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Name access points
- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (Subject)
- De Klerk, Frederik Willem (Subject)
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Institution identifier
Nelson Mandela Foundation
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Full