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

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

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 655 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780306808661
  • DDC分類 968.491

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Filled with colourful characters, dramatic battles like Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, and an inexorable narrative momentum, this unsurpassed history details the sixty-year existence of the world's mightiest African empire,from its brutal formation and zenith under the military genius Shaka (1787-1828), through its inevitable collision with white expansionism, to its dissolution under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879.

Contents

Part One * Prologue * The Bantu * The Rise of the Zulu Nation * Port Natal * Dingane * Mpande Part Two * Confederation * The Coming of the War * Preparations * Invasion * Isandhlwana * The Defense of Rorkes 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 * Notes of Zulu Orthography