Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation /
Carlin, John, 1956-
Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / John Carlin. - New York : Penguin Books, 2009. - 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Originally published : Playing the enemy. New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Include bibliographical references (p. [265]) and index.
Breakfast in Houghton -- Minister of Justice -- Separate amenities -- Bagging the croc -- Different planets -- Ayatollah Mandela -- Tiger king -- Mask -- Bitter-enders -- Romancing the general -- "Address their hearts" -- Captain and the president -- Springbok serenade -- Silvermine -- Doubting Thomases -- Number six jersey -- "Nelson! Nelson!" -- Blood in the throat -- Love thine enemy.
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 in a hard-won, enduring bond.
9780143117155 (pbk) 0143117157 (pbk)
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla, 1918-2013 --Biografías.
Springboks (Rugby team)--History.
Springboks (Equipo de rugby)--Historia.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
Presidents--South Africa--Biography.
Presidentes --Sudáfrica--Biografías
Presos políticos --Biografías.
Paz--Sudáfrica.
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
Sudáfrica--Política y gobierno --Siglo XX.
545 DT 1974 / M271Ca 2009
968.06/5
Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / John Carlin. - New York : Penguin Books, 2009. - 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Originally published : Playing the enemy. New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Include bibliographical references (p. [265]) and index.
Breakfast in Houghton -- Minister of Justice -- Separate amenities -- Bagging the croc -- Different planets -- Ayatollah Mandela -- Tiger king -- Mask -- Bitter-enders -- Romancing the general -- "Address their hearts" -- Captain and the president -- Springbok serenade -- Silvermine -- Doubting Thomases -- Number six jersey -- "Nelson! Nelson!" -- Blood in the throat -- Love thine enemy.
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 in a hard-won, enduring bond.
9780143117155 (pbk) 0143117157 (pbk)
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla, 1918-2013 --Biografías.
Springboks (Rugby team)--History.
Springboks (Equipo de rugby)--Historia.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
Presidents--South Africa--Biography.
Presidentes --Sudáfrica--Biografías
Presos políticos --Biografías.
Paz--Sudáfrica.
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.
Sudáfrica--Política y gobierno --Siglo XX.
545 DT 1974 / M271Ca 2009
968.06/5