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Dracula's Wars: Vlad the Impaler and his Rivals - Softcover

Waterson, James

 
9780750992404: Dracula's Wars: Vlad the Impaler and his Rivals
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750992409 ISBN 13: 9780750992404
Verlag: The History Press, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

JAMES WATERSON graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and received his master's degree from the University of Dundee. He is the author of a trilogy of works on the Middle East: The Ismaili Assassins, The Knights of Islam and Sacred Swords. Also, he has written a one-volume history of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties of China: Defending Heaven.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750992409
ISBN 13 
9780750992404
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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