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.
Ivan Lukaš's novel depicts the tragic love story of the great Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The novel follows his unrequited love, artistic struggle, alcoholism, and decline in 19th-century imperial Russia.
Savremena biblioteka, 1940.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
9.24 €
Croatian history • Romanced history • Biography • Political-historical essays
Petar Grgec depicts the life of Ban Ivan Karlović (Kurjaković), known as the "Croatian Job" for his suffering in the battles against the Turks. A popular historical monograph published by the Croatian Academy of Sciences of St. Jerome.
The essays collected in this book reveal the origins and meanders of Sanja Lovrenčić's years-long search for the authentic character of Ivana Brlić Mažuranić.
Mala zvona, 2024.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
12.98 €
German literature • Biography • Music
Ludwig van Beethoven is a popular, accessible biography of Beethoven by German author Maria Lipsius, known under the pseudonym La Mara. Extremely rare, like all Edition Slave editions.
Edition Slave, 1921.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
18.26 €
Croatian history • Cultural history • Biography
"From Stage to Throne: A Novel of Catherine Schratt" by Job Paal is a romantic-historical story about an Austrian actress who became the mistress of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Light fiction with courtly intrigue and a love plot.