Book description
p>
Seething with sorcery and betrayal, battles and intrigue, triumph and
tragedy, Shaka The Great sees one of the greatest leaders of all time
consolidate his power as the first Europeans begin to arrive on the
African continent.
It takes us to an empire at its zenith, in a time when the name Zulu
began to echo around the world as a byword for courage and nobility.
p>
These white men may seem puny, and their ways strange, but Shaka
believes theres more to them than meets the eye. Obsessed with
divining their secrets, however, he becomes oblivious to the threat
growing from within his own court.<
1826: Shaka, king of the Zulus, has consolidated his power and is
ready to move against those who continue to resist his authority. But
now a new tribe has appeared white men from across the Great Water
claiming they wish to trade with Shaka. <
p>
Seething with sorcery and betrayal, battles and intrigue, triumph and
tragedy, Shaka The Great sees one of the greatest leaders of all time
consolidate his power as the first Europeans begin to arrive on the
African continent.
It takes us to an empire at its zenith, in a time when the name Zulu
began to echo around the world as a byword for courage and nobility.
p>
These white men may seem puny, and their ways strange, but Shaka
believes theres more to them than meets the eye. Obsessed with
divining their secrets, however, he becomes oblivious to the threat
growing from within his own court.<
1826: Shaka, king of the Zulus, has consolidated his power and is
ready to move against those who continue to resist his authority. But
now a new tribe has appeared white men from across the Great Water
claiming they wish to trade with Shaka. <
