Showing results for "Vlad" in Historical Fiction

Dracula. A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality. Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring, just as terrifying, his story not of a monster but of a man - and a contradiction. For the one they called 'The Devil's Son' was both tyrant and lawgiver, crusader and mass slaughterer, torturer and hero, lover and murderer. His tale is told by those who knew him best. The only woman he ever loved, who he must sacrifice. His closest comrade and traitor.

On December 19th, 1851, a crime took place in the center of London. One of the few who knows what truly happened is Countess Alina Bronskaya. But she will never speak of it. The crime is her curse and her salvation.

Most of the vast audience attracted to the subject of Dracula know him only in his fictional, one-dimensional form: vampire. Yet the truth behind the historical character - voevode, warlord - of 15th C. Romania is at least as equally fascinating as any contrived account of his supernatural persona. Vlad Dracula faithfully follows his life story as hostage, fugitive, prince, and prisoner, as well as his legend.

Rok 1462. Imperium Osmańskie urosło w siłę. Sułtan Mehmed II Zdobywca przekroczył Dunaj i stanął u wrót Europy. Lada dzień stutysięczna armia turecka uderzy na chrześcijańskie ziemie. Na kościelnych wieżach załopoczą zielone sztandary. Krzyż upadnie, zastąpiony przez półksiężyc. Z dzwonnic rozlegnie się zawodzenie muezinów. Król Węgier gotów jest sprzymierzyć się nawet z diabłem, żeby odwrócić zły los. Kapitan Czarnych Legionów, Janos Lechoczky, zostaje wysłany na Wołoszczyznę, żeby spotkać się z człowiekiem, o którym krążą już legendy.