But her imprisonment and hunger strike have revived her image as a resistance princess and discredited Mr Yanukovych, not just with the EU but with many of his erstwhile supporters.
Proud and haughty, Kendra Dumbledore could not bear to remain in Mould-on-the-Wold after her husband Percival's well-publicized arrest and imprisonment in Azkaban.
Nelson Mandela credited to the poem of the same name, written by the poet William Ernest Henley for giving him the strength to endure nearly 30 years of imprisonment.