SIGNED: The White Man Cometh - Louis du Buisson

1987 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in good secondhand condition. R65 postage in SA.

The White Man Cometh re-tells the story of the meeting of cultures - between the opportunists of a culture familiar with Beethoven, and the warriors of a culture that had never seen the wheel. It also tells the story of the first missionaries, eager to supplant the stratagems of war with the wrath of God in the minds of the Zulus. It also refers to the introduction of another culture into Natal. Piet Retief came to Zululand and paid the ultimate penalty for his arrogance and ignorance... Andries Pretorius came in his wake and in the name of God  exacted vengeance on Retief.... read on ....