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.
In Glavaš – Chronicle of a Destruction, Drago Hedl reveals the rise and fall of Branimir Glavaš, through a story of power, crime, and moral decline in post-war Slavonia. The documentary research turns into a poignant chronicle of our society.
The book contains concise biographical essays about the life and fate of the Dalmatian queen, saint, heroine, actress, entrepreneur, scientist, writer, painter...
Studio Polis, 2010.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.484.86 €
Literary criticism • History of literature • Serbian literature • Biography • Monographs
Mark Thompson writes a biography of one of the most important European writers of the 20th century. Through a combination of research, literary analysis, and personal portraiture, he portrays Kiš as an anti-fascist, modernist, and witness to the traumas o
Cornell University Press, 2013.
English. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
36.24 €
Existentialism • 19th-century philosophy • Essays • History of Philosophy • Biography
Rüdiger Safranski, known for his works on Schopenhauer, Heidegger, and Goethe, presents an intimate "biography of thought" of Friedrich Nietzsche. The study traces the evolution of his ideas through key events, contradictions, and creative crises.
Sandorf, 2021.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
25.62 €
Francuska književnost • Historical novel • Biography
The novel tells the lavish story of the last Egyptian queen, a woman of exceptional intelligence and beauty, whose life, love affairs with Caesar and Antony, and tragic death symbolize the collision of power, passion, and fate.
Alfa, 1985.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Milčec is still just as in love with the city. He conquers it just as youthfully. The siege of Zagreb has made no one smaller. The city grows and the conqueror continues to conquer the unconquerable.