[BenLurkin]

>The action in the later movie, "Zulu Dawn" takes place before that of "Zulu" and actually does a credible job of bringing historical accuracy to the background of the Zulu campaign. The British essentially forced the war and the movie is hard on them for it. (I have both films on VHS)
>Costuming and sequence of major events are superbly accurate. Narrative and pace are horribly slow. "Zulu" may be less accurate historically (though not too bad) but it is far and away the superior motion picture.
>May I recommend a book called "The Washing of the Spears". It is a great source of information on the Zulu nation and on the Zulu war, if you have patience for long history books.
>Also I recommend a book called "Against These Three" which is a comparative study of the lives of Chaka Zulu, Cecil Rhodes and Hans Kruger.
>Sorry if I got carried away but this is an area of interest to me.
>Oh, another useful book on the subject of European colonization "The Scramble for Africa".

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In researching 2 Family members miltiary history's from England discovered that 1 served in 1882 in the Egyptian war,dealing with the Mahdi and the aftermath of Khartoum...he was with the Coldstream guards.
The other served with Clemsford during the siege or battles of the Krals, with the Princess of Wales Own.
I do enjoy both movies -Zulu ,and Zulu Dawn for there realism...
The Movie Khartoum does justice to the Legacy of Chinese Gordan..and gives us a good Kodak of Britians political crisis from 1882.
I like that scene where the Primeminister is talking to Lord Woolsey:..
"Don't you dare...don't you dare pull a Billy Hicks on Me"!