Vlad: The Last Confession
"Trust nothing that you've heard." Winter 1431, a son is born to the Prince of Transylvania. His father christened him "Vlad." His people knew him as "The Dragon's Son." His enemies reviled him as "Tepes"-The Impaler. He became the hero of a nation. We know him as Dracula. Vlad: The Last...
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"Trust nothing that you've heard." Winter 1431, a son is born to the Prince of Transylvania. His father christened him "Vlad." His people knew him as "The Dragon's Son." His enemies reviled him as "Tepes"-The Impaler. He became the hero of a nation. We know him as Dracula. Vlad: The Last Confession is a novel about the real man behind the Bram Stoker myth. It tells of the Prince, the warrior, the lover, the torturer, the survivor and, ultimately, the hero. "A great tale, finely woven with action, palpably real characters and terrific twists of fate." -Simon Scarrow
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781402253522 (1402253524)
Publish date: May 1st 2011
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
I bought this book because I thought it would link fiction with history. I expected a fantasy story of a curse forcing Vlad Dracula to drink blood and become the first vampire of history. Well, this was completely not the case.But, dear reader, don't believe I was disappointed. Though the book is no...
I don't know how much creative license was taken with this story since I'm not overly familiar with the story of Vlad's life. Vlad: The Last Confession is pretty much the story of how Vlad came to be Vlad the Impaler. In the beginning it recounts his time as a hostage with the Turks and you gain ins...
A disappointing 2.5 Stars This was a book I wanted to love more than I did. It was about the real life Dracula. How can you go wrong. After reading the first 2/3 I was planning on giving it two stars. Fortunately the author pulls it together by the end. I didn't buy the premise. Three of the peo...
Times when people lend you a book you didn't ask for are hard and makes rating said book an uncomfortable task 'cause I didn't choose the book in the first place. That's what happened here but I decided to read the whole thing nonetheless and hope for the best. The story was interesting enough to ke...
Vlad Tepes is the victim of gossip and propaganda. Vilified during his lifetime, Bram Stoker slammed the proverbial nail into the coffin by making him one of the most recognized and well-known villains of all time. Yet, how much of the stories that persist today are fact and how much is simply histo...
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