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 diary of Marija Vinski, written from 1917 to 1934, tells the extensive life story of an intellectual doctor about her struggle to find her own place in the sun.
A fundamental monograph on Vatroslav Lisinski presents the life and work of the first Croatian opera composer, as well as the cultural, political and musical circumstances of the Illyrian period. With a portrait of Vatroslav Lisinski.
Matica hrvatska, 1904.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
5.32 €
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.
Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
12.42 €
Biography • Political journalism • Political-historical essays
Andrija Živković, Josip Andrić, Luka Perinić, Ivo Bogdan, Petar Grgec, Bonifacije Perović
Some Build, Others Destroy: Peace and Order in the World presents accounts of the world's leading political and religious figures of the interwar period and their role in shaping peace, order, and contemporary ideological conflicts.
Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1939.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
9.32 €
Romance Novels • Hungarian literature • Historical novel • 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.
Naklada "Hrvatskog lista", 1940.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
5.64 €
World War II • Croatian history • Yugoslavia • Communism and fascism • Biography • Slavonia, Baranja & Srijem
Biography of revolutionary Erno Kiš (1909–1941), a prominent communist and anti-fascist from Baranja-Bačka. An account of his life, political struggle and suffering on the eve and at the beginning of World War II.