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 book brings authentic testimonies and biographies of prominent Croatian defenders and a detailed account of the key struggles and fates of individuals in the most difficult days of Croatia's defense during 1991.
Sixteen-year-old Ottilie von Faber inherits the A. W. Faber pencil factory in 1893. Obedient to her grandfather's will, she marries without love, and after five births and twenty years, she leaves the marriage for a secret love - at a high price.
Rowohlt Verlag, 2003.
German. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.42 €
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.
OK SKH, 1984.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.76 €
German literature • Family novel • Historical novel • Biography
Erika Bestenreiner's fascinating biographical study of Empress Sisi and her seven siblings reveals the unusual, tragic, and turbulent fates of the Bavarian royal Wittelsbach family.
R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 2002.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The biography of Petar Barbarić depicts the life of a young man from a Herzegovinian family who became a model of piety, discipline, and self-sacrifice in the Travnik seminary, and died early with a reputation for holiness.