This is a book about the power of women, and there are sections all throughout the book about women warriors.
One of these women is Semiramis. Semiramis was the mythological Lydian-Babylonian wife of Onnes and Ninu. The real and historical Shammuramat (the original Akkadian and Aramaic form of the name) was the Assyrian wife of Shamshi-Adad V (ruled 824 BC–811 BC), ruler of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and its regent for five years until her son Adad-nirari III came of age and took the reins of power. She ruled at a time of political uncertainty, which is one of the possible explanations for why Assyrians may have accepted her rule.
Another woman was Boudicca. Boudica or Boudicca was a queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61.
The novel mentions the Amazons. In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a tribe of warrior women believed to live in Asia Minor.
Another group of women warriors was the Amazons of Libya. The Libyan AMAZONS were known for having waged war against the people of Atlantis, the most civilised men of the region, who dwelt in a prosperous country and possessed great cities.
Among the Amazons a relevant figure was Queen Myrina. She led a military expedition in Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, destroying their city Cerne.
The book also mentions the women’s army among the Fon de Dahomey in West Africa. The Mino, or Minon, which means “our mothers”, called Dahomey Amazons by European writers, were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the present-day Republic of Benin which lasted until 1904. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the mythical Amazons of ancient Anatolia and the Black Sea.
The book starts where it left off in the previous novel. Lisbeth is seriously injured and is taken to a hospital in Goteborg. Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.
Lisbeth has surgery in Sahlgrenska Hospital in Goteborg. The Sahlgrenska University Hospital is a system of hospitals associated with the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. With 17,000 employees the hospital is the largest hospital in Sweden by a considerable margin, and the second largest hospital in Europe.
Niedermann has a condition called congenital analgesia, which makes him insensitive to pain. It is common for people with the condition to die in childhood due to injuries or illnesses going unnoticed. Burn injuries are among the more common injuries.
The plot of this book involves corruption in Sapo. The Swedish Security Service (abbreviated SÄPO) is a Swedish government agency organised under the Ministry of Justice. It operates like a security agency responsible for counter-espionage, counter-terrorism, as well as the protection of dignitaries and the constitution.
The book mentions James Jesus Angleton to compare his story with the one about the Section. James Jesus Angleton (December 9, 1917 – May 11, 1987)[1] was chief of CIA Counterintelligence from 1954 to 1975. Angleton became convinced the CIA harbored a high-ranking mole, and engaged in an intensive search. Whether this was a highly destructive witch hunt or appropriate caution vindicated by later moles remains a subject of intense historical debate.
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