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Book cover: Blue cloth. The cover only displays the title of the first story, Elissa.
Elissa, the doom of Zimbabwe
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Book cover: Blue cloth. The cover only displays the title of the first story, Elissa.

Elissa, the doom of Zimbabwe

Date1900
Names
Alternate Title
  • Black heart and white heart: A Zulu idyll
FormatBook
Notes
This book collects two stories.

Elissa, the Doom of Zimbabwe is set in the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe, shortly after the reign of King Solomon. Solomon's grandson falls in love with a princess of the city. Because they are of different religions, their union is forbidden.

Black Heart and White Heart is set in South Africa in 1878, during the Zulu wars. A duplicitous white man who attempts to steal the heart of the beloved of a Zulu prince.
GeographyCountryAfrica
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 19 cm x 14 cm (7 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Language
CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131054512322D
Catalogue Record for Print Book https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C1135682