Cetshwayo's Dutchman
Subtitle: being the private journal of a white trader in Zululand during the British invasion.
By: Translated from the Dutch and edited with pref. and notes, by J. W. Colenso.
Contributors: Colenso, John William, 1814-1883, ed.
Publisher: Negro Universities Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; dut
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Cetewayo, King of Zululand, ca. 1826-1884; Zulu War, 1879
Description: "There are dragons in the twins' vegetable garden," announces six-year-old Charles Wallace Murry in the opening sentence of The Wind in the Door. His older sister, Meg, doubts it. She figures he's seen something strange, but dragons--a "dollop of dragons," a "drove of dragons," even a "drive of dragons"--Seem highly unlikely. As it turns out, Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--though the sea of eyes (merry eyes, wise eyes, ferocious eyes, kitten eyes, dragon eyes, opening and closing) and wings (in constant motion) is actually a benevolent cherubim (of a singularly plural sort) named Proginoskes who has come to help save Charles Wallace from a serious illness.
Notes: Reprint of the 1880 ed.