Black Heart and White Heart and Other Stories by H. Rider Haggard, Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Action & Adventure, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology 12+

📙 "Umgona's heart is white towards me. Towards Maputa it is black!"He is Nahoon, a proud captain among the Zulu -- and he stands trembling before King Cetywayo -- the "Elephant Who Shakes the Earth." Beside him is kindly Umgona, whose daughter Nahoon loves and desires in marriage. Yet Maputa, the Warden of the Crocodile Drift, desires the girl as well -- and threatens Umgona with many evils if denied! Can the king help?But it is a time of war . . . and King Cetywayo's cruel reply horrifies both lover and father!