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This undefinable adventurer's life burnt bright but short: a wildcard of the Algerian revolution, she survived an assassination attempt by sabre, and died in a freak desert flood.
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Ranavalona I
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When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.
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