Book description
1818, south east Africa: on the summit of a low hill, encircled by a
foe six times their number, fifteen hundred men armed with cowhide
shields and short stabbing spears sit and wait as the midday sun blazes
overhead. Calm in the face of the horde gathering below, they know it s
a good day for dying & but a better one for killing. At the centre
of their formation a tall, broad-shouldered man surveys his troops. Only
at his command will they rise and engage the enemy. He is Shaka, his men
are Zulu the best trained foot soldiers in Africa and the blood spilled
in the coming battle will write the opening chapter of their legend.
Following in Shaka s footsteps, AmaZulu sweeps across the burned hills
of south east Africa s interior, charting the dawn of the Zulu nation
through the eyes of the Induna, a battle-scarred captain, and his
eleven-year-old apprentice. Aflame with conflict and intrigue, nobility
and treachery, it tells the story of an unquenchable thirst for revenge
and a genius for warfare that forged an empire as powerful and revered
as Napoleon s France or Caesar s Rome. 1818, south east Africa: on the
summit of a low hill, encircled by a foe six times their number, fifteen
hundred men armed with cowhide shields and short stabbing spears sit and
wait as the midday sun blazes overhead. Calm in the face of the horde
gathering below, they know it s a good day for dying & but a better
one for killing. At the centre of their formation a tall,
broad-shouldered man surveys his troops. Only at his command will they
rise and engage the enemy. He is Shaka, his men are Zulu the best
trained foot soldiers in Africa and the blood spilled in the coming
battle will write the opening chapter of their legend. Following in
Shaka s footsteps, AmaZulu sweeps across the burned hills of south east
Africa s interior, charting the dawn of the Zulu nation through the eyes
of the Induna, a battle-scarred captain, and his eleven-year-old
apprentice. Aflame with conflict and intrigue, nobility and treachery,
it tells the story of an unquenchable thirst for revenge and a genius
for warfare that forged an empire as powerful and revered as Napoleon s
France or Caesar s Rome.
