The Blood Countess
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Author: Andre Codrescu
Simon & Schuster
©1995 Andrei Codrescu/Simon & Schuster
CAB Comment––Much like the infamous Marshal Of France, Gille de Rais, accused of an absurd amount debauchery, sodomy, pedophilia, and grisly murder (and burned at the stake in 1440––and most likely framed by his many royal and aristocratic enemies), Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory was also unequivocally (yet dubiously) accused of countless sexual blasphemies and murder. In fact, she has been labeled by Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer of all time, although the precise number of her victims is still debated. Simply known as The Blood Countess by fans of morbid, gothic history, this fictional novel based on proposed facts, will have you intrigued from the start.
“The Blood Countess”––Amazon Synopsis:
“A ‘brilliant” novel of Elizabeth Bathory, the notorious sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat who bathed in the blood of virgins’. Turmoil reigns in post-Soviet Hungary when journalist Drake Bathory-Kereshtur returns from America to grapple with his family history. He’s haunted by the legacy of his ancestor, the notorious sixteenth-century Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who is said to have murdered more than 650 young virgins and bathed in their blood to preserve her youth. Interweaving past and present, The Blood Countess tells the stories of Elizabeth’s debauched and murderous reign and Drake’s fascination with the eternal clashes of faith and power, violence and beauty. Codrescu traces the captivating origins of the countess’s obsessions in tandem with the emerging political fervor of the reporter, building the narratives into an unforgettable, bloody crescendo. Taut and intense, The Blood Countess is a riveting novel that deftly straddles the genres of historical fiction, thriller, horror, and family drama.”
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