'Trust nothing that you've heard.'

Dracula

A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality.

Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring, just as terrifying, his story not that 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 and whom he had to sacrifice. His closest comrade and traitor. And his priest, betraying the secrets of the confessional to reveal the mind of the man history would for ever remember as Tepes -- 'The Impaler'.

But Vlad's actions defy such labels. His extraordinary life burns with passion. 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 his redemption for his innumerable sins.

Condition: Pre-loved book. Minor yellowing of pages. Otherwise in good condition.

Format: Paperback
Year published: 2009
Pages: 369
Sub-genre: Fantasy., fantasy, historical fiction
Imprint: Orion