Nelson Mandela: The Life and Times chooses from the many truly extraordinary intimate epiphanies of Mandela's life: Whether it's the silent walk with his mother to the Royal Kraal as a nine-year old or the fiery end to his first marriage, the ice-cream counter decision to face the death penalty... The moment when he was told of his mother and son's death on Robben Island... The moment PW Botha served him tea... or how he reacted to the girl who broke down at a Toronto school named in his honor. This captivating biography is replete with the adventure, mishap, fortune and inexhaustible resolve of a truly historic life.