Are they saving a prince, or unchaining a monster? December, 1476. The infamous Vlad the Impaler – Dracula – is reported killed in a Turkish ambush. The brutal scourge of the Ottomans is no more… November, 1485. Nine years later, mysterious Hungarian noblewoman Maria Hunyadi lays a quest at the feet of Sir John Hawker, […]
The real Dracula: monster by nature – or nurture?
Dracula. Vlad the Impaler. Otherwise known as Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia. Ethan Bale, whose latest novel, The Lost Prince, features the historical figure, examines the man behind the legend and asks: was he a monster by nature? By nurture? Or both? Just a few weeks ago, King Charles undertook his annual pilgrimage to Transylvania, […]