Hill of Destiny - The Life and Times of Moshesh, Founder of the Basotho by Peter Becker 1st Edition

Hill of Destiny - The Life and Times of Moshesh, Founder of the Basotho, by Peter Becker

1969 1st edition. Xx+294 pages, 15 illustrations, 3maps

    Printed by Ebenezer Baylis and Sons, Ltd, Trinity Press.

Hardcover, dustjacket in very good condition, book in very good condition, tight bound.

Previous owner's signature inside front cover, ownership stamp on title page.

Bottom corner of both covers are slightly bend (see images). Clean throughout.

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  "This is a moving and graphic biography of the great Moshesh founder and potentate of the Basotho nation of South Africa. His life forms a striking contrast to the subjects of Dr Peter Beckers earlier biographies. For while they Shaka Zulu Dingane Mzilikazi and others were autocrats who invariably ruled by fear Moshesh was wise and kindly a leader whose exploits were renowned not only throughout Southern Africa but in countries beyond the seas. Fleeing from the bloodthirsty armies of the female conqueror Mantatisi Moshesh and a handful of followers found sanctuary on Thaba Bosiu a precipitous flat-topped hill which he soon converted into an impregnable fortress. There the Basutho nation was born and there Mosheshs turbulent and remarkable career reached its climax in the face of mighty tribal armies bands of ruthless yellow-skinned banditti and desperados and British and Boer forces.

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