"Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll" by H. Rider Haggard is a tale set in the late 1800s and deals with love and tension within Zulu culture as change looms. It centers on Philip Hadden, a white trader, who gets mixed up in the romance between Nahoon and Nanea, two Zulu people, during King Cetywayo's time and a coming war. The book brings together ideas like loyalty, giving someone up, and the fight between what you want and what others expect of you. The story starts with Philip Hadden, a likable but flawed trader on the Zulu border, who runs into problems dealing with King Cetywayo and those around him. This sets up Hadden's meeting with Nahoon, a Zulu leader, and their hunting trip together. As they deal with the problems around them, the story suggests rising tension from outside dangers and personal arguments, especially about Hadden's hidden feelings for Nanea. By making friends and dealing with being betrayed, the characters become involved in a risky situation of political games and romantic competition, making an interesting base for the story to come.
Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll
By H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
Amidst a kingdom on the brink of war, a white trader finds himself caught between two Zulu lovers, torn by desire, duty, and betrayal.
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About the AuthorSir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature and including the eighteen Allan Quatermain stories beginning with King Solomon's Mines, continue to be popular and influential.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature and including the eighteen Allan Quatermain stories beginning with King Solomon's Mines, continue to be popular and influential.
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