Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / John Carlin.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2009.Description: 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780143117155 (pbk)
  • 0143117157 (pbk)
Uniform titles:
  • Playing the enemy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 968.06/5
LOC classification:
  • 545 DT 1974 M271Ca 2009
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 545 DT 1974 M271Ca 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000090325
Browsing Biblioteca Juan Bosch shelves, Shelving location: Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso), Collection: Recursos Regionales Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
545 DT 1974 M271a 2006 Mandela : the authorized portrait / 545 DT 1974 M271C 2009 Playing the enemy : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / 545 DT 1974 M271c 2010 Conversations with Myself / 545 DT 1974 M271Ca 2009 Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / 545 DT 1974 M271Car 2009 Invictus : Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation / 545 DT 1974 M271h 2003 In his own words 545 DT 1974 M271K 2006 Mandela : el rebelde que dirigió a su nación a la libertad /

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.