In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben ... By this time - 1977 - Mandela was in many ways a forgotten man. He had been on Robben Island 13 years and throughout South Africa ...

In the course of collaborating with Nelson Mandela ... the central events in Mandela's life and the changes he has observed over the decades in the private and public man. Sampson is the author ...