Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula SYNOPSIS
Trepow, Director of the Center for Romanian Studies in Iasi, Romania, presents a biography of the 15th-century ruler known as Vlad the Impaler, son of the Dragon. He begins several generations before his birth to set the stage his upbringing, his three reigns, wars against the invading Turks, and struggles with his nobles. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Kurt Treptow's Vlad III Dracula: The Life And Times Of The Historical Dracula is a superbly presented, meticulously
researched biography of the 15th century Romanian aristocrat known to history as "Vlad the Impaler". Treptow draws upon
all extant Romanian, Turkish, Russian, and German sources to reconstruct the history of a prince who, in his own lifetime,
was acclaimed a dedicated national hero and an implacable, bloody, merciless, diabolical tyrant. The informative, definitive,
"reader friendly" text is enhanced with a series of appendices offering translations of principal documents concerns the
history of Vlad III Dracula. Vlad III Dracula is "must" reading for anyone seeking an accurate, history-based biography of a
man whose life and accomplishments have become interwoven and obscured by myth, legend, and popularized fiction.
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