Boadicea was the queen of the Iken and other British tribes.
She led a rebellion against the Roman occupiers in Britain in 60 and 61 during the reign of Emperor Nero, in which 70,000 Romans were killed. However, the rebellion was still crushed, and Boadicea committed suicide.
Sixteen-year-old Ottilie von Faber inherits the A. W. Faber pencil factory in 1893. Obedient to her grandfather's will, she marries without love, and after five births and twenty years, she leaves the marriage for a secret love - at a high price.
The book brings authentic testimonies and biographies of prominent Croatian defenders and a detailed account of the key struggles and fates of individuals in the most difficult days of Croatia's defense during 1991.
A fascinating historical study by Dutch classical philologist Fik Meijer explores the fates of Roman emperors, revealing that most of them met violent deaths on the battlefield or from assassination.