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.
"The biography of the Servant of God, Fr. Leopold Mandić, is being given to the public again. He was a man of God. The discovery of his life is the discovery of God's work."
Kapucinski provincijalat, 1963.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
13.26 €
20th Century • Biography • Communism and fascism • Political-historical essays • History of Europe • History of ideas
Roj Medvedev's book is a collection of biographical portraits of six key collaborators of Joseph Stalin: Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Anastasij Mikoyan, Kliment Voroshilov, Georgi Maljenkov and Mikhail Suslov.
With an exquisite sense of detail, this book is also a fascinating portrait of Robert Graves himself, his muses and his literary and artistic following, as well as a study that reveals to us how the son of a famous father finds his own identity.
Sandorf, 2016.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
9.24 €
Biography • Croatian literature • Historical novel
A famous work by publicist Marin Zurlo that explores the lives of two legendary hajduks – Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga and Joco Udmanić – who rampaged through Slavonia and Dalmatia in the 1920s, becoming symbols of resistance against injustice.
August Cesarec, 1972.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.82 €
Biography • Russian literature • Literature for children
A biographical novel about the life and work of the Danish writer, known for fairy tales such as The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid. The book follows Andersen's journey from a poor childhood as the son of a shoemaker in Odense to world-famous author