The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation by Donald R. Morris

The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation

Donald R. Morris

650 pages first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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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 formatio...

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