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
Author - Donald R. Morris
Year published - 1963
Published by - Touchstone Books
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - British Colonial Wars
Summary
This book is about the rise and consolidation of the Zulu Nation under Shaka Zulu and the subsequent Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, under Cetshwayo. The author describes the disastrous defeat of the British at Isandhlwana, the stoic defense at Rorke’s Drift, and the ultimate British victory at Ulundi. All in all this is a unsurpassed history that details the sixty year existence of the world’s mightiest African Empire.
Notes - Slight wear on cover
Author - Donald R. Morris
Year published - 1963
Published by - Touchstone Books
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - British Colonial Wars
Summary
This book is about the rise and consolidation of the Zulu Nation under Shaka Zulu and the subsequent Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, under Cetshwayo. The author describes the disastrous defeat of the British at Isandhlwana, the stoic defense at Rorke’s Drift, and the ultimate British victory at Ulundi. All in all this is a unsurpassed history that details the sixty year existence of the world’s mightiest African Empire.
Notes - Slight wear on cover
Author - Donald R. Morris
Year published - 1963
Published by - Touchstone Books
Book Format - Soft Cover
Genre - British Colonial Wars
Summary
This book is about the rise and consolidation of the Zulu Nation under Shaka Zulu and the subsequent Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, under Cetshwayo. The author describes the disastrous defeat of the British at Isandhlwana, the stoic defense at Rorke’s Drift, and the ultimate British victory at Ulundi. All in all this is a unsurpassed history that details the sixty year existence of the world’s mightiest African Empire.
Notes - Slight wear on cover
