The Complete Works
by William Shakespeare (also rec’d by Jane Goodall )
Buy on AmazonA copy of Shakespeare’s complete works was one of few books Mandela had access to when imprisoned on Robben Island. Known as the “Robben Island Bible,” the book was smuggled in and circulated among inmates, who signed their names in the margins. Mandela wrote his next to the lines: “Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but once.
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"A copy of Shakespeare’s complete works was one of few books Mandela had access to when imprisoned on Robben Island. Known as the “Robben Island Bible,” the book was smuggled in and circulated among inmates, who signed their names in the margins. Mandela wrote his next to the lines: “Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but once."
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