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Rabble-Rouser for Peace is the first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere.

Drawn from 30 years of the author's first-hand contact with Desmond Tutu, this is not only a vivid character study of a public figure with a unique capacity to communicate warmth, humour and compassion; it is also a rich account of his dynamic place in history.

The story of Desmond Tutu's life tells a crucial part of South Africa's history and its movement from Apartheid towards peace, but it also follows the growth of one of the best loved and globally most recognised men of our time.



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Rabble-Rouser For Peace: The Authorised Biography

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      Publisher: Ebury Publishing
      Publication Date: 04/10/2007
      ISBN13: 9781846040641, 978-1846040641
      ISBN10: 1846040647
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      Biography Biography: religious and spiritual

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Rabble-Rouser for Peace is the first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere.

      Drawn from 30 years of the author's first-hand contact with Desmond Tutu, this is not only a vivid character study of a public figure with a unique capacity to communicate warmth, humour and compassion; it is also a rich account of his dynamic place in history.

      The story of Desmond Tutu's life tells a crucial part of South Africa's history and its movement from Apartheid towards peace, but it also follows the growth of one of the best loved and globally most recognised men of our time.



      Trade Review
      Wonderfully humanising * Observer *
      A powerful account * Catholic Herald *
      Definitive biography of a truly phenomenal life * South Africa Times *
      Surprising and inspirational * Choice *

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