{"product_id":"2940012791160","title":"FINISHED","description":"CONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. ALLAN QUATERMAIN MEETS ANSCOMBE\u003cbr\u003eII. MR. MARNHAM\u003cbr\u003eIII. THE HUNTERS HUNTED\u003cbr\u003eIV. DOCTOR RODD\u003cbr\u003eV. A GAME OF CARDS\u003cbr\u003eVI. MISS HEDA\u003cbr\u003eVII. THE STOEP\u003cbr\u003eVIII. RODD'S LAST CARD\u003cbr\u003eIX. FLIGHT\u003cbr\u003eX. NOMBE\u003cbr\u003eXI. ZIKALI\u003cbr\u003eXII. TRAPPED\u003cbr\u003eXIII. CETEWAYO\u003cbr\u003eXIV. THE VALLEY OF BONES\u003cbr\u003eXV. THE GREAT COUNCIL\u003cbr\u003eXVI. WAR\u003cbr\u003eXVII. KAATJE BRINGS NEWS\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. ISANDHLWANA\u003cbr\u003eXIX. ALLAN AWAKES\u003cbr\u003eXX. HEDA'S TALE\u003cbr\u003eXXI. THE KING VISITS ZIKALI\u003cbr\u003eXXII. THE MADNESS OF NOMBE\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. THE KRAAL JAZI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book, although it can be read as a separate story, is the\u003cbr\u003ethird of the trilogy of which _Marie_ and _Child of Storm_ are\u003cbr\u003ethe first two parts.  It narrates, through the mouth of Allan\u003cbr\u003eQuatermain, the consummation of the vengeance of the wizard\u003cbr\u003eZikali, alias The Opener of Roads, or\u003cbr\u003e\"The-Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born,\" upon the royal Zulu\u003cbr\u003eHouse of which Senzangacona was the founder and Cetewayo, our\u003cbr\u003eenemy in the war of 1879, the last representative who ruled as a\u003cbr\u003eking.  Although, of course, much is added for the purposes of\u003cbr\u003eromance, the main facts of history have been adhered to with some\u003cbr\u003efaithfulness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith these the author became acquainted a full generation ago,\u003cbr\u003eFortune having given him a part in the events that preceded the\u003cbr\u003eZulu War.  Indeed he believes that with the exception of Colonel\u003cbr\u003ePhillips, who, as a lieutenant, commanded the famous escort of\u003cbr\u003etwenty-five policemen, he is now the last survivor of the party\u003cbr\u003ewho, under the leadership of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, or Sompseu\u003cbr\u003eas the natives called him from the Zambesi to the Cape, were\u003cbr\u003econcerned in the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877.  Recently\u003cbr\u003ealso he has been called upon as a public servant to revisit South\u003cbr\u003eAfrica and took the opportunity to travel through Zululand, in\u003cbr\u003eorder to refresh his knowledge of its people, their customs,\u003cbr\u003etheir mysteries, and better to prepare himself for the writing of\u003cbr\u003ethis book.  Here he stood by the fatal Mount of Isandhlawana\u003cbr\u003ewhich, with some details of the battle, is described in these\u003cbr\u003epages, among the graves of many whom once he knew, Colonels\u003cbr\u003eDurnford, Pulleine and others.  Also he saw Ulundi's plain where\u003cbr\u003ethe traces of war still lie thick, and talked with an old Zulu\u003cbr\u003ewho fought in the attacking Impi until it crumbled away before\u003cbr\u003ethe fire of the Martinis and shells from the heavy guns.  The\u003cbr\u003ebattle of the Wall of Sheet Iron, he called it, perhaps because\u003cbr\u003eof the flashing fence of bayonets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLastly, in a mealie patch, he found the spot on which the corn\u003cbr\u003egrows thin, where King Cetewayo breathed his last, poisoned\u003cbr\u003ewithout a doubt, as he has known for many years.  It is to be\u003cbr\u003eseen at the Kraal, ominously named Jazi or, translated into\u003cbr\u003eEnglish, \"Finished.\"  The tragedy happened long ago, but even now\u003cbr\u003ethe quiet-faced Zulu who told the tale, looking about him as he\u003cbr\u003espoke, would not tell it all.  \"Yes, as a young man, I was there\u003cbr\u003eat the time, but I do not remember, I do not know--the Inkoosi\u003cbr\u003eLundanda (i.e., this Chronicler, so named in past years by the\u003cbr\u003eZulus) stands on the very place where the king died--His bed was\u003cbr\u003eon the left of the door-hole of the hut,\" and so forth, but no\u003cbr\u003ecertain word as to the exact reason of this sudden and violent\u003cbr\u003edeath or by whom it was caused.  The name of that destroyer of a\u003cbr\u003eking is for ever hid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this story the actual and immediate cause of the declaration\u003cbr\u003eof war against the British Power is represented as the appearance\u003cbr\u003eof the white goddess, or spirit of the Zulus, who is, or was,\u003cbr\u003ecalled Nomkubulwana or Inkosazana-y-Zulu, i.e., the Princess of\u003cbr\u003eHeaven.  The exact circumstances which led to this decision are\u003cbr\u003enot now ascertainable, though it is known that there was much\u003cbr\u003edifference of opinion among the Zulu Indunas or great captains,\u003cbr\u003eand like the writer, many believe that King Cetewayo was\u003cbr\u003epersonally averse to war against his old allies, the English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author's friend, Mr. J. Y. Gibson, at present the\u003cbr\u003erepresentative of the Union in Zululand, writes in his admirable\u003cbr\u003ehistory: \"There was a good deal of discussion amongst the\u003cbr\u003eassembled Zulu notables at Ulundi, but of how counsel was swayed\u003cbr\u003eit is not possible now to obtain a reliable account.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Mr. F. B. Fynney, F.R.G.S., who also was his friend in\u003cbr\u003edays bygone, and, with the exception of Sir Theophilus Shepstone,\u003cbr\u003ewho perhaps knew the Zulus and their language better than any\u003cbr\u003eother official of his day, speaking of this fabled goddess wrote:\u003cbr\u003e\"I remember that just before the Zulu War Nomkubulwana appeared\u003cbr\u003erevealing something or other which had a great effect throughout\u003cbr\u003ethe land.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152493986032,"sku":"2940012791160","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012791160_p0.jpg?v=1763572660","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012791160","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}