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Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Invictus Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Author: John Carlin
Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award(r)--winning director Clint Eastwood, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. — 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-fet...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143117155
ISBN-10: 0143117157
Publication Date: 11/18/2009
Pages: 288
Edition: Mti Rep
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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turnip avatar reviewed Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation on + 6 more book reviews
Well, I feel a little silly about this because everyone else loved this book - but I didn't find it very interesting. I got through the first 50 pages and I found the telling of the story not very gripping. Maybe I'm not well enough read about South Africa or I don't care enough about rugby/sports - but I'm not going to be able to finish it :(
reviewed Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation on + 4 more book reviews
An incredible book! I learned so much that I did not know. It is written in an intriguing way and there is just enough about the "game", but not too much that it becomes boring. I loved it from the beginning to the end!
reviewed Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation on + 27 more book reviews
A well-written book that details how rugby (the national sport of the white Afrikaners in South Africa) became a post-apartheid South Africa's sport and helped break down barriers between blacks and whites in South Africa.


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