Invictus, John Carlin
Invictus, John Carlin
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Invictus
Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

Author: John Carlin

Narrator: Gideon Emery

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/29/2012

Synopsis

Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament-the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. 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 again in a hard-won, enduring bond.

About John Carlin

John Carlin is an acclaimed journalist and author who was the Independent's South Africa correspondent from 1989 to 1995. He has also written for the Times, the Observer, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times, among other publications. His previous books include Knowing Mandela and Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation, which is the basis for the film Invictus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melindam on March 11, 2025

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika OH MY GOD! This book!!! This book!! I'm absolutely awestruck and speechless. I unsuspectingly chose it for a challenge prompt "read a book set in South Africa". While I was searching, I more or less knew that it would have to be something non-fiction, but I was unawares of str......more

Goodreads review by Fern on November 01, 2013

I had tears in my eyes remembering that incredible day in Johannesburg as if it were yesterday. I remember during the rugby World Cup final that the streets were eerily silent as every South African sat rapt in front of their television, hoping against all hope that our team could accomplish the imp......more

Goodreads review by Miguel on April 02, 2021

Uno de los libros que más me han marcado personalmente. La novela recoge un hecho concreto, el apoyo del presidente Nelson Mandela a uno de los símbolos del Apartheid, su equipo de rugby. Esta historia la utiliza John Carlin para mostrarnos la personalidad de este líder, y cómo su capacidad de perdó......more

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