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Excerpt from FinishedThis book, although it can be read as a separate story, is the third of the trilogy of which Marie and Child of Storm are the first two parts. It narrates, through the mouth of Allan Quatermain, the consummation of the vengeance of the wizard Zikali, alias The Opener of Roads, or "The-Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born," upon the royal Zulu House of which Senzangacona was the founder and Cetewayo, our enemy in the war of 1879, the last representative who ruled as a king. Although, of course, much is added for the purposes of romance, the main facts of history have been adhered to with some faithfulness.With these the author became acquainted a full generation ago, Fortune having given him a part in the events that preceded the Zulu War. Indeed he believes that with the exception of Colonel Phillips, who, as a lieutenant, commanded the famous escort of twenty-five policemen, he is now the last survivor of the party who, under the leadership of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, or Sompseu as the natives called him from the Zambesi to the Cape, were concerned in the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877. Recently also he has been called upon as a public servant to revisit South Africa and took the opportunity to travel through Zululand, in order to refresh his knowledge of its people, their customs, their mysteries, and better to prepare himself for the writing of this book. Here he stood by the fatal Mount of Isandhlwana which, with some details of the battle, is described in these pages, among the graves of many whom once he knew, Colonels Dumford, Pulleine and others.
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FINISHED. Illustrated By Hookway Cowles.
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London. 1962. MacDonald & Co. Publishers / MacDonald Illustrated Edition., 1970
ISBN 10: 035601259X
ISBN 13: 9780356012599
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blue hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~.first printing (nap) of this edition. b&w frontis.304p. 6 b&w illustrations. fiction. novels. zulu war. historical fiction. ~ In Finished, Allan Quatermain relates how the powerful dwarf witchdoctor Zikali brings about the downfall of the Zulus. The book is set against the authentic background of the period leading up to and during the Zulu wars of 1879. While on a hunting trip. Allan Quatermain and his companion have an accident and they have to accept the unwilling hospitality of two evil English arms~smugglers, but they are soon forced to flee and eventually take refuge with Zikali, who is plotting to avenge the brutal murder of his children by Chaka the Zulu King, uncle of Cetewayo, the current king. Allan soon finds himself deeply involved in Zikali's plots . Cover illustration, detail from the original by A. C. Michaels. Seller Inventory # 3121602
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hookway Cowles (illustrator). Vintage tale of adventure and romance in Africa. An Allan Quatermain novel. Very good hardcover in very good jacket; now in new removable protective cover. Green boards with gold print on the spine, pages are clean and unmarked. Macdonald hard cover with dust jacket, 1962 edition but later printing, ISBN: 9780356012599, 304 pages, illustrated by Hookway Cowles. 12mo (5" x 7.5") First published 1917. Part of a uniform edition. Seller Inventory # 102025039780356012599vr
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Finished ,in Color Blue Pictorial Dustjacket, Allan Quartermain Relates How the Powerful Dwarf Witchdoctor Zikali Brings About the Downfall of the Zulus. Book is Set Against the Authentic Background o
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Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. HBDJ, Stated 1st published in this Series 1962, 1st Edition THUS, NF+/NF Small Blue Tweed Cloth Titled in Gold Gilt on Spine Cvr with small Nick mark There O/W Nice Condition, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear Fox, 304 pgs, DJ Protected in Clear Mylar, DJ light rub, wear, 7 1/2 X 5 in. 12 mo. . B/W Frontispiece I settled the poor things doubts by shooting it thru the Heart. Blank Endpapers light FOX,.Book is set against the authentic background of the period leading up to & During the Zulu Wars of 1879, MacDonalds Illustrated Series. Seller Inventory # 25472
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