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Book Romance in Zululand

    Book Details:
  • Author : Una Halberstadt
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2013-11-22
  • ISBN : 1304649946
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Romance in Zululand written by Una Halberstadt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Langley, the son of a Yorkshire farming family and R.A.F. Spitfire pilot, had his first glimpse of Natal in 1942 when the troop-ship carrying him to the desert war in North Africa calls at the sea-port city of Durban for a few days to off-load and refuel. He and his friend Robert Hughes are befriended by a Durban family who show them the city and surrounding country-side. He becomes absolutely fascinated with the growing of sugar cane and dreams of one day owning a cane farm of his own. In spite of his severe war injuries he is determined to return to find this farm of his dreams and to work it successfully. In doing so he meets the people of Natal and Zululand who with their warm hospitality and generosity befriend him and help him make his dream a reality.

Book Zululand Romance

Download or read book Zululand Romance written by George Kebie Moberly and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rereading the Imperial Romance

Download or read book Rereading the Imperial Romance written by Laura Chrisman and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chrisman's book demonstrates how South Africa played an important if now overlooked role in British imperial culture, and shows the impact of capitalism itself in the making of racial, gender and national identities. This book makes an original contribution to studies of Victorian literature of empire; South African literary history; African studies; black nationalism; and the literature of resistance."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Zululand Romance

Download or read book Zululand Romance written by G. K. Moberly and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories of fiction based on reality with an African setting.

Book Zululand

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  • Author : Oliver Strong
  • Publisher : Oliver Strong Physical Products
  • Release : 2022-12-12
  • ISBN : 9780995518872
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Zululand written by Oliver Strong and published by Oliver Strong Physical Products. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron of Chelmsford and Major General of Her Majesty's Royal Army, accepts a commission in the Cape Colony after the tragic death of his wife and child. Princess Nkosazane kaMpande, daughter of Zulu King Cetshwayo, flees Ulundi to the Buffalo River rather than endure a forced marriage to her father's half-brother. The pair discover a historic connection on the plains of Africa, much to scandal, disgust and outrage from Cape Town to Ulundi. It's not long before plotters on both sides conspire to usurp their bond." Zululand is a BWWM, historical fiction/romance based in 1880's colonial South Africa.

Book Matthew marries in Zululand

Download or read book Matthew marries in Zululand written by Una Halberstadt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Langley, the son of a Yorkshire farmer and R.A.F Spitfire pilot, had his first glimpse of Natal in 1942 when the troop-ship carrying him to the desert war in North Africa calls at the sea-port city of Durban for a few days to off-load and refuel. He and his friend Robert Hughes are befriended by a Durban family who show them the city and surrounding country-side. He becomes absolutely fascinated with the growing of sugar cane and dreams of one day owning a cane farm of his own. In spite of his severe war injuries he is determined to return to find this farm of his dreams and to work it successfully. In doing so he meets the people of Natal and Zululand who with their warm hospitality and generosity befriend him and help him make his dream a reality. Matthew's story now continues with his marriage to the lovable, vivacious Susan Walton who gives him the children he has wished for, so that laughter and happiness will come again to 'Sweet Grass, ' his beloved Zululand cane farm

Book Primitive Love and Love stories

Download or read book Primitive Love and Love stories written by Henry T. Finck and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Imagining Africa

Download or read book Imagining Africa written by Lindy Stiebel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known as the author of such works as King Solomon's Mines and She, H. Rider Haggard was one of the most popular writers of the late-Victorian era, and his works continue to be influential today. To a large degree, his novels are captivating because of his image of Africa, and an understanding of his representation of the African landscape is central to a critical reading of his works. This book argues that Haggard created in his African romances a formulaic, ideological geography which provided a canvas onto which he projected his desires and fears, both personal and political, as well as those of his age. The first full-length study of land and landscape in Haggard's African romances, this book approaches his construction of an imaginary African landscape as a product of late-Victorian wishful thinking about Africa, analyzing his African topography as a vast Eden, a wilderness, a dream underworld, a home to ancient white civilizations, and a sexualized metaphor for the human body. While the work looks primarily at his pre-1892 romances, which were his most powerful, it also gives attention to his nonfiction and unpublished papers. Because Haggard's writings embodied the spirit of his age, this book is an essential guide to late-Victorian concepts of Africa, colonization, and the British Empire.

Book Cetywayo and his White Neighbours  Or  Remarks On Recent Events In Zululand Natal  And The Transvaal

Download or read book Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Or Remarks On Recent Events In Zululand Natal And The Transvaal written by H. Rider Haggard and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Book Victorian Quest Romance

Download or read book Victorian Quest Romance written by Robert Fraser and published by Writers and Their Work (Paperb. This book was released on 1998 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Victorian quest romance has recently attracted renewed attention from critics. Much of this interest has centred on its politics of gender, and its vision of Empire. This book prefers to view the genre in the light of debates within the then nascent sciences of Anthropology and Archaeology. Starting with a discussion of the nature of romance, it goes on to interpret the romances of Stevenson, Haggard, Kipling and Conan Doyle as encounters with lost or buried pasts. By describing such encounters with remote places and times, so it argues, these authors were asking their readers disconcerting questions about humankind, and about their own culture's institutions and beliefs. The book ends by considering the implications of such a view for the whole colonial enterprize.

Book Zulu Moon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gwen Westwood
  • Publisher : Harlequin Books
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN : 9780373024179
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Zulu Moon written by Gwen Westwood and published by Harlequin Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zulu Moon by Gwen Westwood released on May 25, 1981 is available now for purchase.

Book Nada the Lily

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  • Author : H. Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2019-11-25
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Nada the Lily written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nada the Lily is a historical novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in 1892. It is said to be inspired by Haggard's time in South Africa. The novel tells the tale of the origin and early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka, and his love for "the most beautiful of Zulu women", Nada the Lily.

Book The Enigma of Max Gluckman

Download or read book The Enigma of Max Gluckman written by Robert J. Gordon and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enigma of Max Gluckman examines one of the most influential British anthropologists of the twentieth century. South African-born Max Gluckman was the founder of what became known as the Manchester School of social anthropology, a key figure in the anthropology of anticolonialism and conflict theory in southern Africa, and one of the most prolific structuralist and Marxist anthropologists of his generation. From his position at Oxford University as graduate student and lecturer to his career at Manchester, Gluckman was known to be generous and engaged with his closest colleagues but brutish and hostile in his denunciations of their work if it did not contribute to the social justice and activist vision he held for the discipline. Conventional histories of anthropology have treated Gluckman as an outlier from mainstream British social anthropology based on his career at the University of Manchester and his gruff manner. He was certainly not the colonial gentleman typical of his British colleagues in the field. Gluckman was deeply engaged with field research in southern Africa on the Zulus, in Barotseland with the Lozi, and also in connection with his directorship of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute from 1941 to 1947, which obscured his growing critique of anthropology's methods and ties to Western colonialism and racial oppression in the subcontinent. Robert J. Gordon's biography skillfully reexamines the colorful life of Max Gluckman and restores his career in the British anthropological tradition.

Book Zulu Victory

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  • Author : Ron Lock
  • Publisher : Frontline Books
  • Release : 2015-11-19
  • ISBN : 1473876834
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Zulu Victory written by Ron Lock and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A densely detailed account of the 1879 Zulu defeat of the British . . . portrays a complex and interesting segment of British/African history.”—Library Journal The battle of Isandlwana—a great Zulu victory—was one of the worst defeats ever to befall a British Army. At noon on 22 January 1879, a British camp, garrisoned by over 1700 troops, was attacked and overwhelmed by 20,000 Zulu warriors. The defeat of the British, armed with the most modern weaponry of the day, caused disbelief and outrage throughout Queen Victoria's England. The obvious culprit for the blunder was Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford, the defeated commander. Appearing to respond to the outcry, he ordered a court of inquiry. But there followed a carefully conducted cover-up in which Chelmsford found a scapegoat in the dead—most notably, in Colonel Anthony Durnford. Using source material ranging from the Royal Windsor Archives to the oral history passed down to the present Zulu inhabitants of Isandlwana, this gripping history exposes the full extent of the blunders of this famous battle and the scandal that followed. It also gives full credit to the masterful tactics of the 20,000 strong Zulu force and to Ntshingwayo kaMahole, for the way in which he comprehensively out-generalled Chelmsford. This is an illuminating account of one of the most embarrassing episodes in British military history and of a spectacular Zulu victory. The authors superbly weave the excitement of the battle, the British mistakes, the brilliant Zulu tactics and the shameful cover up into an exhilarating and tragic tale. “A must for anyone interested in the Zulu War. Highly recommended.”—British Army Review

Book The Cambridge History of South African Literature

Download or read book The Cambridge History of South African Literature written by David Attwell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 1451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa's unique history has produced literatures in many languages, in both oral and written forms, reflecting the diversity in the cultural histories and experiences of its people. The Cambridge History offers a comprehensive, multi-authored history of South African literature in all eleven official languages (and more minor ones) of the country, produced by a team of over forty international experts, including contributors from all of the major regions and language groups of South Africa. It will provide a complete portrait of South Africa's literary production, organised as a chronological history from the oral traditions existing before colonial settlement, to the post-apartheid revision of the past. In a field marked by controversy, this volume is more fully representative than any existing account of South Africa's literary history. It will make a unique contribution to Commonwealth, international and postcolonial studies and serve as a definitive reference work for decades to come.

Book Companion to the Anglo Zulu War

Download or read book Companion to the Anglo Zulu War written by Ian Knight and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Zulu War was a defining episode in British imperial history, and it is still a subject of intense interest. The Zulu victory at Isandlwana, the heroic British defence of Rorke's Drift and the eventual British triumph are among the most closely researched events of the colonial era. In this historical companion, Ian Knight, one of the foremost authorities on the war and the Zulu kingdom, provides an essential reference guide to a short, bloody campaign that had an enduring impact on the history of Britain and southern Africa. He gives succinct summaries of the issues, events, armies and individuals involved. His work is an invaluable resource for anyone who is interested in the history of the period, in the operations of the British army in southern Africa, and in the Zulu kingdom.

Book Nada the Lily

Download or read book Nada the Lily written by Henry Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: