Men of men. Wilbur Smith. 1981.

Book Club Edition.

During the reign of Queen Victoria Englishmen answering thee call of Empire, voyaged out to take possession of half their known world. Their leaders were such men as Cecil Rhodes, Leander Starr Jameson and Zouga Ballantyne.

Some of this pioneer company journeyed north from thenCape in search of gold and land, of cattle and loot. Others went for glory and the pursuit of a dream.

FormZouga Ballantyne the dream of the north land began in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits of Kimberley and ended on the rich grass lands of Matabeleland below the Zambezi Rivern- but not before a king had died and a nation of proud warriors had been shattered.