Shaka Zulu / E.A. Ritter

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1988. 2nd edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-402) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Zululand and the Zulus in the late eighteenth century -- Shaka : birth and exile -- The young soldier ; Pampata ; The assegai -- The new weapon ; New tactics ; Promotion -- Campaign against Zwide ; Unprecedented generosity ; Dingiswayo pardons Zwide against Sahka's advice ; Shaka's refusal to consider marriage -- Senzangakona reconciled ; The Zulu chieftan ; Rewards and punishments -- Making of an army ; Retribution ; The E-Langeni punished and annexed -- The second conquest ; The harem established -- Mgobozi married ; Death of Mbiya -- The struggle with the witch-doctors -- Zwide ; The tribal migrations -- Death of Dingiswayo ; The first Zulu-Ndwandwe war -- The battle of Qokli hill -- Dingiswayo's heir -- The second Ndwandwe war -- The trial of Ntombazi -- Carnival of victory ; The royal lover ; The great hunt -- The Tembu war ; The new Bulawayo ; Shaka's Testudo ; Order restored in Natal ; Mzilikazi's treachery -- Shaka's court of justice at the new Bulawayo -- The English ; The little Umkosi ; The eclipse -- The English return -- Death of a warrior -- The death of Nandi -- Embassy to King George IV -- Death at Dukuza -- Maps -- Appendix -- Bibliography and sources -- Index. Subjects; Shaka King of the Zulu 1787?-1828. Chaka Zulu chief 1787?-1828. Shaka King of the Zulu. Shaka King of the Zulu 1787?-1828. Shaka koning van Zoeloeland ca1787-1828. To 1879. 1750-1800. 1800-1850. Zulu (African people) History. Zoulous Histoire. Zulu (African people). Kings and rulers. Zululand (South Africa) History To 1879. Zululand Kings and rulers ; Biography. Zoulouland (Afrique du Sud) Histoire Jusqu'� 1879. South Africa Zululand. Zululand (South Africa) Kings and rulers ; Biography. South Africa Shaka, King of the Zulu Biographies.