Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012. By: H. Rider Haggard Narrated by: William Boyde Try for $0.00 $14.95/month after 30 days. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. A work of fiction loosely woven around actual historical events, Nada the Lily is unusual in the literature of the British empire for its cast of entirely black African characters. The weather was cold and Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Nada the Lily. Nada the Lily - Ebook written by H. Rider Haggard. It is steeped in history as are all of Haggard's works. For those unfamiliar with him, Haggard actually lived among and adjacent to Zulu-land for a time, giving him first hand experience. He is a storyteller extraordinaire. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. The action is furious, the deaths are many, and Mopo is a fabulous narrator. By. Excellent view into a lost world. Refresh and try again. The story was quite gripping and if you are a fan of Umslopogaas it's a must read. This story-line is a narrative of one of the book's characters to a white man after the fact so to speak. Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard. This is my favourite book by Haggard, and putting aside the action and suspense, my love for the book stems from how lyrical the writing is, which is a classic trait of Haggard when he writes in the viewpoint of aboriginal people. Welcome back. The novel felt very representative of the style of the era, but at times it seemed to me that Haggard was really presenting some genuinely fresh writing. This novel features some characters from some of the Allan Quartermain stories. He was also involved in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. by Aegypan. For those unfamiliar with him, Haggard actually lived among and adjacent to Zulu-land for a time, giving him first hand experience. HR Haggard's brilliance really shines through with Nada the Lily. Nada the Lily is a romance set in southern Africa at the time of Chaka Zulu, one of Africa's most successful military leaders and yet also one of the most brutal and ruthless. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. Great story - very much the late Victorian boy's adventure... and a good prequel to the later Alan Quartermaine stories. I am reading Alan's Wife next and can only dream that it will be as enjoyable as H Rider's other writings. I thoroughly enjoy hearing (audiobook) the unfamiliar names and places of old, pre-colonial Africa. Will be a great book if you are a fan of the character of Umslopogaas from the book Allen Quatermain, being it is his history. Download a free audio book for yourself today! In the previous chapter, the invariability of metropolitan and colonial ideologies of the Zulu throughout the fraught period of the Anglo-Zulu war was examined. Please try again. What makes this a Unique novel is all the Characters are black African's. Nada the Lily is an historical novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in 1892. 52 Addeddate 2010-06-14 17:48:25 Call number ACW-6511 His name does not matter, for he plays no part in this story. Nada the Lilyby Henry Rider Haggard. I thoroughly encourage others to give this book a chance, and even though it was written in the Victorian era, it is not a difficult read. December 1st 2006 Pages: 270. Don't let the name fool you, as Nada really doesn't show up that much. Nada the Lily is the thrilling story of the brave Zulu warrior Umslopogaas and his love for the most beautiful of Zulu women, Nada the Lily. 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