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Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll

by H. Rider Haggard

Level C1 · AdvancedAdventureHistorical8 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
8 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Caught between colonial ambitions and indigenous power, a trader with a mysterious past navigates the perilous world of Zululand during King Cetywayo’s reign, where loyalty, danger, and love intertwine in a gripping tale of survival and passion.

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Contents

8 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02AUTHOR’S NOTE
03CHAPTER I PHILIP HADDEN AND KING CETYWAYO
04CHAPTER II THE BEE PROPHESIES
05CHAPTER III THE END OF THE HUNT
06CHAPTER IV NANEA
07CHAPTER V THE DOOM POOL
08CHAPTER VI THE GHOST OF THE DEAD

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