The Tribe That Washed Its Spears

GREAVES, Adrian; MKHIZE, Xolani

ISBN 10: 1848848412 / ISBN 13: 9781848848412

Verlag: Pen & Sword, 2013

Beschreibung

Beige cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Boards are generally in very good order. No particular bumping or wear to corners or edges. Spine is intact and bright. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. 222 pp. Pictoral finished paper dust jacket with brown lettering to spine and front. Dj is in an as new condition. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 672g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 029440:1-R8) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 672 G.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 029440

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Tribe That Washed Its Spears
• Verlag: Pen & Sword
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1848848412
• ISBN-13: 9781848848412
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: As New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New
• Gewicht: 672 Gramm
• Buchtyp: Book
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • History
  • Military History

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Inhaltsangabe

This authoritative, yet hugely readable, book traces the history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa - they were not indigenous as were the Koi and San population - and the establishment of Zululand. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colourful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built its fiercesome reputation. It studies the tactics and weapons employed during the numerous inter-tribal battles that occurred. The Zulus' real struggle for survival, rather than supremacy, came in wars against the white settlers. In 1877/78 they defeated the Boers in the Sekunini War and this prompted British intervention. Initially the might of the British empire was humbled but the 1879 war, despite the shock Zulu victory at Isandlwana, saw the crushing of the Zulu Nation. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analysed in fascinating detail.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Adrian Greaves is the founder of the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society and the author of numerous books on the period and South African wars, including Isandlwana, The Curling Diaries and Sister Janet (all P & S).