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The Washing of the Spears

The Rise and Fall of the Great Zulu Nation

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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 , through its inevitable collision with white expansionism, to its dissolution under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879.

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The Washing of the Spears, Donald R. Donald Robert Morris

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1992
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Title
The Washing of the Spears
Subtitle
The Rise and Fall of the Great Zulu Nation
Language
English
Publisher
Abacus
Released
1992
Format
Paperback
Pages
670
ISBN10
0747401942
ISBN13
9780747401940
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4.25 out of 5
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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 , through its inevitable collision with white expansionism, to its dissolution under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879.