Jew Who Would Be King
Jew Who Would Be King
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This vivid reconstruction of one mans life reveals the harsh realities and moral ambiguities of colonial power
The Jew Who Would Be King tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacsa nineteenth-century British Jew who helped establish the Zulu kingdom only to become a ruthless warlord and slaveholder. Isaacs thrilling journey begins with his shipwreck on the shores of Zululand and proceeds to ports across West Africa, including Freetown, Sierra Leone. There, tasked by the colonial governor to end the local slave trade, Isaacs brokered deals that reinforced his own power.
Adam Rovner''s meticulous archival research in England, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and St. Helena, coupled with his own travels to the remnants of Isaacs island stronghold in Guinea, brings this complex figure to life. Through Isaacs story, Rovner exposes the entangled forces of Jewish emancipation and antisemitism, slavery and abolition, the stark dichotomies of civilization and savagery, and the creation of whiteness versus Blackness.
The Jew Who Would Be King tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacsa nineteenth-century British Jew who helped establish the Zulu kingdom only to become a ruthless warlord and slaveholder. Isaacs thrilling journey begins with his shipwreck on the shores of Zululand and proceeds to ports across West Africa, including Freetown, Sierra Leone. There, tasked by the colonial governor to end the local slave trade, Isaacs brokered deals that reinforced his own power.
Adam Rovner''s meticulous archival research in England, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and St. Helena, coupled with his own travels to the remnants of Isaacs island stronghold in Guinea, brings this complex figure to life. Through Isaacs story, Rovner exposes the entangled forces of Jewish emancipation and antisemitism, slavery and abolition, the stark dichotomies of civilization and savagery, and the creation of whiteness versus Blackness.
