Young man with a red tie: A memoir of Mandela and the failed revolution, 1960-63

Published by Jacana Media, 2013, softcoveer, illustrated, 199 pages, condition: as new.

Bob Hepple was born in South Africa in 1934 and was active as a student leader and in the South African Congress of Trade Unions. He participated in the underground struggle against apartheid, and acted as a lawyer for Mandela and other leaders. He escaped to England from the Rivonia trial in 1963, and was a banned person in South Africa until 1990. He is an international expert and activist in the fields of labour law, equality and human rights, Emeritus Master of Clare College and Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Cambridge, a Queen's Counsel and Fellow of the British Academy.