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Nada the Lily

by H. Rider Haggard

First published 1892

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Mopo, once the physician and adviser of Shaka, recounts the rise of the Zulu kingdom and the doomed love of Nada and Umslopogaas. Personal vengeance moves through royal murders, military conquest and the violent succession from Shaka to Dingane, while Umslopogaas becomes a warrior of legendary reputation.

The novel blends Zulu oral-history motifs, historical rulers and tragic romance. Although shaped by a Victorian author’s interpretation, it centres African protagonists and uses the formation of the Zulu state, the Mfecane and dynastic violence as the forces that determine individual lives.

Historical Periods

Rise of the Zulu Kingdom and the Mfecanec. 1816–1828; wider upheaval continued into the 1830s

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Historical Sagas Romance War Fiction

Historical people

Shaka1787–1828 Dingane kaSenzangakhona1795–1840 Mpande kaSenzangakhona Mzilikazic. 1790–1868

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