The King's Assegai: A Matabili Story
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1894. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only ...
Chapters (34)
- Bertram Mitford "The King's Assegai"
- Prologue.
- Chapter One.
- Tshaka’s Impi.
- Chapter Two.
- The King’s Promise.
- Chapter Three.
- The Basutu Kraals.
- Chapter Four.
- The Tyay’igama Dance.
- Chapter Five.
- The Mosutu Witch-Doctor.
- Chapter Six.
- A Formidable Rival.
- Chapter Seven.
- The Fate of the Sentinel.
- Chapter Eight.
- The Prophecy of Masuka.
- Chapter Nine.
- The Kraal, Ekupumuleni.
- Chapter Ten.
- “Farewell, Gungana!”
- Chapter Eleven.
- The Eaters of Men.
- Chapter Twelve.
- A Wild and Desperate Scheme.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- In Outlawry.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- To Doom.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- The King’s Sentence.
- Epilogue.
- “Well, Untúswa, I believe now, at any rate, that all the gold this waggon could carry would not purchase that assegai from you,” I said, as soon as the old man had finished. “But what of Nangeza? Was she put to death?”
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