The Sword and the Pen (Signed by Author)
R 185.00
Subtitle: Six Decades on the Political Frontier
Author: Allister Sparks
Signed by Author
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers (2016)
ISBN-10: 1868425592
ISBN-13: 9781868425594
Condition: Very Good. Light rubbing to the covers. Small crease to front free endpaper.
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 608
Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
Weight: 0.8 kg
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Allister Sparks joined his first newspaper at age 17 and was pitched headlong into the vortex of South Africa's stormy politics. The Sword and the Pen is the story of how as a journalist he observed, chronicled and participated in his country's unfolding drama for more than 66 years, covering events from the premiership of DF Malan to the presidency of Jacob Zuma, witnessing at close range the rise and fall of apartheid and the rise and crisis of the new South Africa.
In trenchant prose, Sparks has written a remarkable account of both a life lived to its full as well as the surrounding narrative of South Africa from the birth of apartheid, the rise of political opposition, the dawn of democracy, right through to the crisis we are experiencing today.
