The Washing Of The Spears: The Rise And Fall Of The Zulu Nation

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Hachette Books, Aug 22, 1998 - Social Science - 650 pages
Filled with colorful 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.

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About the author (1998)

Donald R. Morris, a graduate of Annapolis, served in the Navy and later in the CIA. In addition to two novels, he has written columns and articles for theHouston Post, Atlantic Monthly, American Heritage, Proceedings, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, among others. He lives in Houston, Texas, where he publishes the Donald R. Morris Newsletter.

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TitleThe Washing Of The Spears: The Rise And Fall Of The Zulu Nation
AuthorDonald R. Morris
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherHachette Books, 1998
ISBN0306808668, 9780306808661
Length650 pages
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Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
  
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