August Šenoa began publishing this extensive historical novel of his in 1880 in Narodne novine. Death prevented Šena from completing this work. Based on his writings, the novel was continued and completed by Josip Eugen Tomić.
"Carnation from the Poet's Grave" is a short story written as Šeno's personal testimony about how, as a writer and fighter for his nationality, he turned to the fight against Germanization and Slavism.