Conversations with Myself

Nelson Mandela

Macmillan

454 Pages, £ 25.00

A selection of writings from Mandela’s personal archive including excerpts from letters written in the darkest hours of his 27-year imprisonment, the draft of an unfinished sequel to Long Walk to Freedom, journals written during antiapartheid struggles and recorded conversations with friends. The book tracks Mandela’s journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanising role on the world stage