The Zulus cover

Description

'A very remarkable people, the Zulu', the British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, said on hearing of a fresh disaster in the war of 1879, 'They defeat our generals; they convert our bishops; they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty'. Remarkable indeed, to have taken on the full might of the British Empire at its height, and won, if not the war, at least some of the battles. This book explains who the Zulus were, and how they achieved the fame as warriors which they enjoy to this day.

Table of Contents

The People · Shaka and 'The Crushing' · The Coming of the Whites · Dingane · Mpande and Cetshwayo, 1840-1878 · The War of 1879 · The Ruin of Zululand · Bhambatha · The Plates

Product details

Published Jan 26 1989
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9780850458640
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 55 b/w; 10 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Elite
Short code ELI 21
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ian Knight

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Illustrator

Angus McBride

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