An historical adventure steeped in blood and mystery and, in my opinion, C C Humpreys’ best book to date. This story of Vlad the Impaler, the real-life Dracula, contains no vampires, but offers an insight into a fascinating period of strife in the history of Eastern Europe. Dracula’s struggle to gain his throne and defend his land from the Turks, as well as the enemies he left rotting on stakes behind him, are the stuff of legend, but in this tale we meet a very human man, motivated by love and revenge and we come closer to one of history’s most misunderstood figures. A stunning novel of battles, escapes, torture, intrigue, loyalty and betrayal, and not to be missed.
Comparison: Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, Valerio Manfredi.
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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. And his priest, betraying the secrets of the confessional to reveal the mind of the man history would forever remember as Tepes - 'The Impaler'.
But Vlad's actions defy such labels. His extraordinary life burns with passion, taking him from his years as hostage to the Turk, through torture, battle, triumph and betrayal, ultimately to a last crusade - there perhaps, beneath the twin banners of the Dragon and the Cross, to find redemption for his innumerable sins.
Vlad: The Last Confession features in the following genres: eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Fiction
Vlad: The Last Confession is available in Paperback
Vlad: The Last Confession was written by C. C. Humphreys and published by Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
Vlad: The Last Confession has 446 pages
£11.69
