The End of Apartheid by Robin Renwick

The End of Apartheid by Robin Renwick

On 2 February 1990, FW de Klerk made a speech that changed the history of South Africa. Nine days later, the world watched as Nelson Mandela walked free from the Viktor Verster prison. In the midst of these events was Lord Renwick, Margaret Thatcher's envoy to South Africa, who became a personal friend of Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, acting as a trusted intermediary between them. He warned PW Botha against military attacks on neighbouring countries, in meetings he likens to 'calling on the fuhrer in his bunker'. He invited Mandela to his first meal in a restaurant for twenty-seven years, rehearsing him for his meeting with Margaret Thatcher - and told Thatcher that she must not interrupt him. Their discussion went on so long that the British press in Downing Street started chanting 'Free Nelson Mandela'. In this extraordinary insider's account, Renwick draws on his diaries of the time, as well as previously unpublished material from the Foreign Office and Downing Street files. He paints a vivid, affectionate, real-life portrait of Mandela as a wily and resourceful political leader bent on out-manoeuvring both adversaries and some of his own colleagues in pursuit of a peaceful outcome.

"One of the most important books written on the modern history of South Africa" Wilbur Smith "4 stars: a crisp, riveting book." The Telegraph "It's an interesting behind-the-scenes account of the events that unfolded on a world stage." The Independent

ROBIN RENWICK, Baron Renwick of Clifton, is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. During a long and illustrious career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he has been a Private Secretary to the Minister of State, a political adviser, Assistant Under-Secretary of State and ambassador to South Africa and then the United States. He is the author of A Journey with Margaret Thatcher.

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ISBN 13	9781849547925
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Titre	The End of Apartheid
Auteur	Robin Renwick
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Biteback Publishing
Année de publication	2015-01-29
Nombre de pages	288
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