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Dracula's wars : Vlad the Impaler and his rivals

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The real Dracula was far from Bram Stoker's well-mannered aristocrat.

Better known as Vlad the Impaler, he was named for his favoured execution method: running a spear through his victim's lower body, then standing them upright so it skewered their vital organs. In a world ruled by petty tyrants and constantly at war, the young Dracula was held hostage by the Turks while his father was assassinated and his brother was buried alive.

Finally released, Dracula conducted an almighty purge, surrounding his palace with noblemen impaled on stakes.

Then he turned his attention to military campaigns against the Turks and Bulgars to consolidate his power. Yet to Romanians and the Pope he was a hero and liberator, fighting to protect his kingdom and countrymen from invasion in a complex and treacherous time. And, as an initiate in the Order of the Dragon, Dracula also played a vital (if not entirely noble) part in the fight against the Ottoman war machine. In this full account of Vlad Dracula, James Waterson details the good and the bad of this warlord prince, offering a fascinating insight into the violent end of the Middle Ages.

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Product Details
The History Press Ltd
075096488X / 9780750964883
Hardback
04/07/2016
United Kingdom
English
255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
24 cm
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