OT-Battle Movies

Dwight Gruber · 05-30-2003, 03:39 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Roadkill:
"The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879, Donald R. Morris"
<hr /></blockquote>Can't second this recommendation strongly enough. Its a whopping good epic story, and a whopping good read. I've owned this book for 30 years, read through the whole thing more than once, and still drag it out every so often to read passages--particularly any time "Zulu" or any of the other Zulu wars movies show up on Teevee.

--Dwight

05-30-2003, 03:39 AM	#39
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Roadkill: <strong>"The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879, Donald R. Morris" </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Can't second this recommendation strongly enough. Its a whopping good epic story, and a whopping good read. I've owned this book for 30 years, read through the whole thing more than once, and still drag it out every so often to read passages--particularly any time "Zulu" or any of the other Zulu wars movies show up on Teevee. --Dwight

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