Prince Dracula : the bloody legacy of Vlad the Impaler
Baddeley, Gavin2022
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Vlad the Impaler is one of history's most compelling and brutal characters, with a bizarre afterlife as a cult horror sensation. A hero to his countrymen, Vlad Dracula is a byword for dread. Not just for generations of Western fans of Gothic fiction and film, but also for an appalled and fascinated 15th-century readership, for whom contemporary accounts of Dracula's atrocities became the world's first horror bestsellers. Combining historical research and dramatic reconstruction with contemporary reference, here is Vlad the Impaler's dramatic career, from pampered captive of the Ottoman Sultans to exterminating angel of Christian vengeance. But in reality, was he the embodiment of unbridled cruelty or model ruler of an embattled realm?
Main title:
Prince Dracula : the bloody legacy of Vlad the Impaler / Gavin Baddeley, Paul Woods.
Author:
Baddeley, Gavin, authorWoods, Paul A., 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Canelo History, 2022.
Collation:
400 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781800329911 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
949.820109949.8201B VLA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1933377