Relates the story of the cruel tyrant Vlad Dracula, the Prince of Wallachia, a region of Romania, in the Middle Ages. Tales of his ruthless violence spread far and wide, and later inspired the legend of Count Dracula, a bloodthirsty vampire!
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: A day of horrors -- Bloody revenge -- Who was Dracula? -- Prisoner -- The road to rule -- Rise of the impaler -- A cruel ruler -- Slaughter of the Saxons -- Reporting the horrors of Dracula -- Battling the Turks -- Prison, prince again, death -- Count Dracula -- Dracula's world : then and now.