The Kraals of Ulundi, page 52
Wrexham, North Wales
Acknowledgements
I owe all the background, of course, to a plethora of resources which predominantly include:
Historynet.com for their account of Khambula; the Zulu War 1879 Discussion and Reference Group; the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society; archive copies of the Jamaica Gleaner, 5th March 1867, and re-printed in the Sydney Morning Herald, 4th June 1867, that Major McKay along with Lieutenants Carey and Ferguson had been summoned to face a Court of Inquiry in Kingston, Jamaica; the website CareyRoots – the History of the Carey Family of Guernsey; archive copies of the Cape and Natal News; the National Archives, Kew; University of California Digital Library (CDL) for the copy of Cetshwayo’s Dutchman, the private journal of Cornelius Vijn; the many websites – like the CanTeach: African Folk Tales site – dedicated to providing translation of Zulu folklore; Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus: In Their Own Words, by Henry Callaway and published in 1868; the website of the South African Military History Society; Marié-Helen Coetzee’s 2002 paper on Zulu Stick Fighting; Zulu Thought-Patterns and Symbolism by Axel Ivar Berglund; Africans on stage – studies in ethnological show business edited by Bernth Lindfors, and specifically the chapter, “Africa meets the Great Farini” by Stuart Peacock; Ian Knight’s paper In Every Way His Own King: The Life of Chief John Dunn; Prof. G. R. Rubin’s paper The Non-Confirmation of Captain Carey’s Court Martial, 1879 (University of Kent, Canterbury); the fine collection of extracts compiled by Adrian Greaves for the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society from The Graphic, an illustrated weekly newspaper, January-December 1879; the paper, La Mort du Prince Impérial, by M. Jean-Claude Lechnitt for the Napoleon Foundation, Paris, in November 1979; and David Rattray’s stunning series of five Audio-CDs, The Day of the Dead Moon.
The books upon which I have principally relied are:
Ian Knight’s Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War and With His face to the Foe; Frank Emery’s The Red Soldier; Saul David’s Zulu: the Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War 1879; Adrian Greaves’s Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War and The Tribe that Washed its Spears; John Laband’s Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars; William L. Slout’s Olympians of the Sawdust Circle; and Paul Deléage’s End of Dynasty, translated from French by Fleur Webb.
My eternal thanks to all the various authors, archivists and website writers mentioned above.
In addition, I owe a great deal, as usual, to my wife, Ann, who patiently struggled with each of the first draft chapters. And to my regular editor, the lovely Jo Field. In this case, Jo’s considerable efforts were supplemented by the specialist expertise of Dr Adrian Greaves (President, Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society).
I want to thank Responsible Travel and specifically Candice Buchan from Rainbow Tours for their help in arranging our trip to KwaZulu-Natal in November 2013, as well as the many friends we made and met during that journey. These included: Professor Sarah Andrews (University of Chester) and her family; Elisabeth Durham (from the excellent Chez Nous hotel in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal); Alistair Lamont, Mphiwa Ntanzi and the entire loveable team at the Fugitives’ Drift Lodge; and, in Durban, Karen Lotter (Alliance of Independent Authors), Mabusi Kgwete and Mbusi Zuma, as well as Caryl and Errol Legassick at Ballito’s Lalaria Lodge. I owe a huge debt to Mabusi in particular who so patiently checked all the IsiZulu spellings and pronunciations. This was one of the most memorable journeys of our life, despite the difficult family situation that we left back in the UK so, even more than usual, I reserve the most special thanks to our wonderful family itself for encouraging us to continue with the trip despite those difficulties.
The beautiful cover was, as usual, designed by Cathy Helms (Avalon Graphics, www.avalongraphics.org) and the crew at SilverWood Books performed their normal magic in bringing the book to publication.
About the Author
David Ebsworth is the pen name of writer, Dave McCall, a former negotiator and Regional Secretary for Britain’s Transport & General Workers’ Union. He was born in Liverpool (UK) but has lived for the past thirty years in Wrexham, North Wales, with his wife, Ann. Following his retirement, Dave began to write seriously in 2009.
David Ebsworth maintains a website (www.davidebsworth.com) and welcomes direct contact from his readers, for whom he writes a monthly e-newsletter. To receive the newsletter, or for further information, he can be contacted by e-mail at davemccall@talktalk.net
Also by David Ebsworth
The Jacobites’ Apprentice
A story of the 1745 Rebellion. Critically reviewed by the Historical Novel Society, who deemed it “worthy of a place on every historical fiction bookshelf.”
The Assassin’s Mark
A political thriller set towards the end of the Spanish Civil War.“The characters are so incredibly vivid − there are characters you adore, others that annoy you and all of these are so expertly devised that you simply cannot help but miss them all when you finish the book, and you will finish it; this is not a novel you will be able to put down.”
– Rachel Malone, Historical Novel Society
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