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H. Rider Haggard · 1913 · overland

H. Rider Haggard's 1913 Allan Quatermain novel. Trading into Zululand, Allan is drawn into the intrigues that will split the kingdom, centred on the beautiful and fatal Mameena. From Durban to the royal town of Nodwengu and the bloody field by the Tugela River, love and ambition light the fuse of a Zulu civil war.

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    Durban

    The Natal port from which Allan rides north into the Zulu kingdom.

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    Nodwengu

    King Panda's great kraal, where Mameena's schemes inflame the rivalry of the princes Cetewayo and Umbelazi.

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    Tugela River

    The river where the Zulu civil war is settled in the slaughter of Umbelazi's faction.

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