num_pages: 655
description: Chronicles the Zulu nation's dramatic struggle to stem the white man's advance into Southern Africa
language: English
title: The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879
titlecomplete: The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879
genres: Historical, War, South Africa, European History, Nonfiction, World History, Military History, History, Military Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 955
publisher: Touchstone Books by Simon & Schuster