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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.

By: Material type: TextSeries: A Touchstone bookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 1986Copyright date: �1965Description: 655 pp, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illu., maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 067163108X
  • 9780671631086
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DT878.Z9 M67 1986
  • DT1768.Z95 M79
Contents:
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.
Summary: Chronicles the Zulu nation's dramatic struggle to stem the white man's advance into Southern Africa.
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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.

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