Tony Thorne Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

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Kult Alžběty Báthoryové - krvavé hraběnky se od 19.století neustále stupňuje. Tato maďarská šlechtična byla jednou z nejmocnějších a nejcharismatičtějších urozených žen. Dějiny a folkór oslavovaly Alžbětu jako první masovou vražedkyni, která údajně měla na svědomí více než 600 Tony Thorne - The Blood Countess (Hraběnka Dracula) nevinných dívek, v jejichž krvi se koupala, aby si uchovala vlastní půvab a svěžest. Tony Thorne odhalil ve svém výzkumu, že Alžběta Báthoryová byla ve své podstatě daleko více úchylnější a nebezpečnější než pověst. Byla živoucím upírem a čarodějnicí anebo obětí machinací mocných? V působivém pátrání se autor dostává až ke skutečné hraběnce Dracule, prošetřil mnoho zdrojů, archivů, oživil tak děje dávno minulé. Příběh Alžběty Báthoryové je strašidelnou ságou, jejíž současností jsou ty nejstrašnější ukrutnosti, jaké lidstvo dokáže vymyslet. Hraběnka byla obviněná z vraždění a vampirismu a stala se pro další věky symbolem krutosti, inspirací sadismu a deviantů až do dnešní doby.

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