The Blood Countess: A Novel
A riveting, magical blend of history and myth, from NPR columnist Andrei Codrescu. Told through the voice of a modern journalist, based on Codrescu himself, this erotic and chilling novel finds its eerie origins in the true story of Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, a 16th-century countess who is...
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A riveting, magical blend of history and myth, from NPR columnist Andrei Codrescu. Told through the voice of a modern journalist, based on Codrescu himself, this erotic and chilling novel finds its eerie origins in the true story of Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, a 16th-century countess who is said to have bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780684802442 (0684802449)
Publish date: August 1st 1995
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (NY)
Pages no: 347
Edition language: English
One of the weirdest books I have ever read. I picked this up because of the author. Full of gratuitous sex and violence, no really. Is it a horror novel or historical fiction? It can't seem to decide. I was reviled and fascinated at the same time. I like it's prurient sado-erotic aspects more ...
Supposedly a historical novel about Elizabeth Bathory.The book is framed in the context of a courtroom confession of a man (Bathory's descendant) who is explaining to a judge why he turned himself in for supposedly killing a woman - but why it was justified. (Possession by the spirit of the evil mur...
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