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In the shadow of Chaka, forbidden love and vengeance share the world of Zulu warriors.
Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard brings adventure and romance into an epic tale of Zulu warriors. Forbidden love stands at its heart, while vengeance gives the story a darker edge. Here, the promise of romance sits beside the threat of conflict.
Chaka casts a shadow over this tale, where love is far from a simple refuge. Haggard draws together the pull of forbidden attachment and the force of vengeance. Read for the tension between these themes, and for an adventure with romance at its centre.
What you’ll discover
- Love under pressure Discover a romance defined by forbidden love in a world of warriors.
- The shadow of Chaka Enter an epic tale that places its conflicts beneath Chaka's shadow.
- The pull of vengeance Explore the darker force that runs alongside the story's promise of romance.
- A world of warriors Step into an adventure centred on Zulu warriors, love, and vengeance.
- Romance meets adventure Find two compelling genres brought together within a single sweeping tale.
Who will love it
Readers who love sweeping adventure, rival brothers, wolf packs and duels, and a storyteller who speaks straight to the listener. It also suits anyone curious about the Zulu kings as an author of the 1890s pictured them.
What’s inside
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- A cup of water earns a boy's oath
- The king's doctor hides a royal child
- Two children, one monster, one false hunt
- A lioness, a fire, and a vision
- Galazi the Wolf and his ghost pack
- Umslopogaas wins the axe and a rival
- Chaka's fall and the hunt for the Lily
- Revenge, beauty and fate
Who’s who
- MopoA Langeni boy who becomes Chaka's doctor, a gifted healer who hides a royal child and carries a long grudge.
- ChakaThe Zulu king who swears as a boy to repay an insult and rules by terror, trusting nobody.
- BalekaMopo's sister and Chaka's wife, who fights to save her baby son from the king's law.
- UmslopogaasRaised as Mopo's son, he is a fast, fearless fighter who runs with wolves and wins the axe Groan-Maker.
- NadaMopo's gentle daughter, called the Lily, whose beauty draws men to her and who loves Umslopogaas above all.
- GalaziGalazi the Wolf, a Swazi chief's son and club bearer who rules a ghost pack and wants revenge on his tribe.
- ZinitaA proud, jealous woman who marries Umslopogaas after he wins the axe, and who wants to keep her place.
- DingaanChaka's brother, who takes the throne after him, cruel and vain, and longs to own the Lily.
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Nada la Azucena
by H. Rider Haggard · 1892
A blind old healer admits he killed a king, then tells of a wolf pack, a fearsome axe and a lily named Nada.
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A thirsty boy drinks from a gourd, and a whole tribe pays for it years later. Nada the Lily is H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel built on the real Zulu kings Chaka and Dingaan and filled with invented lives.
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A cup of water earns a boy's oath
Mopo grows up in the Langeni tribe. One evening a tired woman named Unandi arrives with her young son Chaka and begs for food. Mopo's mother refuses, so Mopo runs to a nearby spring and fills a gourd for them.
Chaka drinks most of it and makes a vow. He will grow so great that for every drop the gourd holds, one Langeni man will die. Only Mopo will be spared, because he gave water.
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What is Nada the Lily about?
It is the story of Mopo, a Zulu doctor who serves King Chaka and hides a royal child. It follows Umslopogaas, the child he saves, and his love for Mopo's daughter Nada.
Who is Nada the Lily?
Nada is Mopo's daughter, a gentle and strikingly beautiful girl whose people call her the Lily. Her beauty makes many men desire her, and she loves only Umslopogaas, who grows up beside her.
Is Nada the Lily a true story?
Not entirely. The book blends romance with events the preface describes as largely true. Chaka, Dingaan and Panda are real Zulu rulers. Haggard wrote it in the nineteenth century, using Zulu history as the background for his adventure.
The author
H. Rider Haggard
1856–1925 · English adventure novelist
Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English novelist. He was born in Norfolk, lived in southern Africa from 1875 to 1881, and later settled in Norfolk. He wrote King Solomon’s Mines (1885), She (1887), and Beatrice (1890). He also wrote about agriculture and rural life. He died in London.
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