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Winnie and Nelson Audiobook Summary

From one of South Africa’s foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a volatile and groundbreaking union, a very modern political marriage that played out on the world stage.

“Powerful, intimate.” —The Washington Post

One of the most celebrated political leaders of a century, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. During his years in prison, Nelson grew ever more in love with an idealized version of his wife, courting her in his letters as if they were young lovers frozen in time. But Winnie, every bit his political equal, found herself increasingly estranged from her jailed husband’s politics. Behind his back, she was trying to orchestrate an armed seizure of power, a path he feared would lead to an endless civil war.

Jonny Steinberg tells the tale of this unique marriage—its longings, its obsessions, its deceits—making South African history a page-turning political biography. Winnie and Nelson is a modern epic in which trauma doesn’t affect just the couple at its center, but an entire nation. It is also a Shakespearean drama in which bonds of love and commitment mingle with timeless questions of revolution, such as whether to seek retribution or a negotiated peace. Steinberg reveals, with power and tender emotional insight, how far these forever-entwined leaders would go for each other and where they drew the line. For in the end, both knew theirs was not simply a marriage, but a contest to decide how apartheid should be fought.

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Winnie and Nelson Audiobook Narrator

Puleng Lange-Stewart is the narrator of Winnie and Nelson audiobook that was written by Jonny Steinberg

About the Author(s) of Winnie and Nelson

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Winnie and Nelson Full Details

Narrator Puleng Lange-Stewart
Length 19 hours 47 minutes
Author Jonny Steinberg
Category
Publisher Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date April 28, 2024
ISBN 9780593665541

Subjects

The publisher of the Winnie and Nelson is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: africa books, african history, historical, violence, prison, freedom, world politics, history lovers gifts, history buff gifts, gifts for history buffs, history teacher gifts, political science, feminism, apartheid, love, revolution, trauma, relationship, marriage, political memoir, history gifts, historical biographies, autobiography, political books, politics, justice, history books, history, biographies of famous people, historical books, autobiographies, world history, biographies, biography, portrait of a marriage, war, Biography & Autobiography, Historical, History, Africa, South, General, Biography & Autobiography, Political The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Historical

Additional info

The publisher of the Winnie and Nelson is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593665541.

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This book is only available in the United States.

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