Tutu The Authorised Portrait

Tutu: The Authorised Portrait is a celebration of eighty years of the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu,a South African icon whose humanity and compassion have touched millions of people around the world.This inspiring coffee-table book features a authorised biography by legendary South African journalist Allister Sparks, and includes over forty interviews conducted by Tutu's daughter Reverend Mpho A. Tutu with close family, friends, colleagues,comrades and critics. It is complemented by an unprecedented collection of images and unpublished artefacts drawn from Tutu's private is a phenomenal story of one man's extraordinary life and work.'This authorised portrait, published on the occasion of Tutu's eightieth birthday, celebrates one of the great moral leaders of our time. We see the pivotal roles he played in the liberation of South Africa, both at home and abroad, as leader, liberator and healer - roles he often played in the face of his own hesitation and uncertainty.' - DOUG ABRAMS, the editor of Tutu: The Authorised Portrait.