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Morris, Donald R.,

The washing of the spears : a history of the rise of the Zulu nation under Shaka and its fall in the Zulu War of 1879 / Donald R. Morris. - 655 pp, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illu., maps ; 24 cm - A Touchstone book .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Prologue ; The Bantu ; The rise of the Zulu nation ; Port Natal ; Dingane ; Mpande -- pt. 2. Confederation ; The coming of the war ; Preparations ; Invasion ; Isandhlwana ; The defense of Rorke's Drift ; The flanking columns ; Aftermath ; The left flank column ; The second invasion ; The Prince Imperial ; Ulundi ; The captains and the kings depart ; Epilogue: The ruin of Zululand.

Chronicles the Zulu nation's dramatic struggle to stem the white man's advance into Southern Africa.

ISBN: 067163108X 9780671631086

LCCN: 86013055

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1879

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Zulu (African people)--History.
Zulu War, 1879.
Zoulous--Histoire.
Guerre des Zoulous, 1879.
Zulu (African people)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Zululand (South Africa)--History--To 1879.
Zoulouland (Afrique du Sud)--Histoire--Jusqu'�a 1879.
South Africa--Zululand

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: DT878.Z9 / M67 1986 DT1768.Z95 / M79