From his birth in a village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Transkei to his politicisation and development as a freedom fighter, this first volume of Nelson Mandela's classic autobiography charts the early years of his life, which culminated in his prison sentence in 1962. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom: Volume 1 tells the beginnings of the story of an epic life, a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph conveyed with the clarity and eloquence of the outstanding moral and political leader of the twentieth century.

From his imprisonment in Pretoria in 1962 to the long years on Robben Island and his eventual release, this second and final volume of Nelson Mandela's memoirs tells the extraordinary story of his quest for freedom and justice that saw him inaugurated as South African President. Long Walk to Freedom: Volume 2 brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shaped Mandela's destiny and conveys the blossoming of a life that changed the face of South African politics forever. This volume concludes an awe-inspiring story that makes for compulsive - and essential - reading.