- 576 pages
- English
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About this book
'Only Steinberg could have written a book in which Winnie and Nelson can appear both larger-than-life and all too human. What a book! What an achievement!' – Jacob Dlamini, historian and author
One of the most celebrated political leaders of the twentieth century, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to Winnie.
During his years in prison, Nelson grew ever more in love with an idealised version of his wife, courting her in his letters as if they were young lovers frozen in time. But Winnie, every bit his political equal, found herself increasingly estranged from her jailed husband's politics. Behind his back, she was trying to orchestrate an armed seizure of power, a path he feared would lead to an endless civil war.
Jonny Steinberg tells the tale of this unique marriage – its longings, its obsessions, its deceits – turning the course of South African history into a page-turning political biography. Winnie & Nelson is a modern epic in which trauma doesn't just affect the couple at its centre, but an entire nation.
It is also a Shakespearean drama in which bonds of love and commitment mingle with timeless questions of revolution, such as whether to seek retribution or a negotiated peace. Told with power and tender emotional insight, Steinberg reveals how far these forever entwined leaders would go for one another, and also, where they drew the line. For in the end both knew theirs was not simply a marriage, but a contest to decide how apartheid should be fought.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- Nelson: Early Years
- Winnie: Early Years
- Johannesburg
- Prison-Detention
- Brandfort-Pollsmoor
- Headlong
- Ends
- The Coetsee Collection
- Picture Section
- Footnotes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Permissions Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Also by Jonny Steinberg
- Copyright
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