How 'Long John Silver' Gave Hope to Mandela - and Brown
Mail on Sunday › January 17, 2010
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Last week Gordon Brown claimed that Invictus - the poem which Mandela says helped him endure his imprisonment - summed up his attitude to his role as Prime Minister. 'It is about determination. It summarises my view,' he said.
Invictus means 'unconquered' in Latin, and Clint Eastwood felt it was the perfect title for his film.See the full content of this document
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How 'Long John Silver' Gave Hope to Mandela - and Brown
The poem was written in the 1870s when its author, William Ernest Henley, was in hospital in Edinburgh facing the loss of both legs.
As a child in Glouc...See the full content of this document
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