Vlad: The Last Confession

[Schazmyrrh]

by C.C. Humphreys

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DRACULA. A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality. Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring, just as terrifying, his story not 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 has 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 forever remember as Tepes - 'The Impaler'. But Vlad's actions defy such labels. His extraordinary life burns with passion, taking him 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 redemption for his innumerable sins. Vlad: The Last Confession spins legend and facts and together into a monumental novel of blood, love and terror. This is the true story of Dracula as it has never been told before

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http://www.amazon.com/Vlad-Last-Confession-C-C-Humphreys/dp/0752886185

... so has anyone read it? Would you recommend it?
I came across this while randomly browsing at a bookstore and decided I'd ask around first if it was any good before buying it. I found the summary interesting enough, but I've always been interested in Vlad the Impaler so I want to know if this is a worthwhile piece of literature about him.

[June]

What synchronicity!
The day that I took this book out of the library I found this thread!
But I wasn't regestered here than and I hadn't read any of it so... a late responce.

I'm about half way through it now, and I really like it!
I'd heard the author speak at a local writer's festival, and had wanted to read this book for a while, but didn't get around to it 'till now...
(If this has anything to do with it, the author seemed like a cool person.)

I didn't know anything about Vlad Dracula prior to reading this, but what I'm getting is that it's a very different and more historically correct depiction of him than in a lot of other things. The author really likes history and so a lot of research seems to have gone into the book.
(A minor point, but I think another thing that helps is that the author does fencing and so... perhaps more realistic fight scenes?)

I'd recomend it. For sure!

[Schazmyrrh]

Originally Posted by June

What synchronicity!
The day that I took this book out of the library I found this thread!
But I wasn't regestered here than and I hadn't read any of it so... a late responce.

I'm about half way through it now, and I really like it!
I'd heard the author speak at a local writer's festival, and had wanted to read this book for a while, but didn't get around to it 'till now...
(If this has anything to do with it, the author seemed like a cool person.)

I didn't know anything about Vlad Dracula prior to reading this, but what I'm getting is that it's a very different and more historically correct depiction of him than in a lot of other things. The author really likes history and so a lot of research seems to have gone into the book.
(A minor point, but I think another thing that helps is that the author does fencing and so... perhaps more realistic fight scenes?)

I'd recomend it. For sure!

Thanks and also you might want to try The Historian. It's still about Vlad Dracula and in the same historical light as The Last Confession.

[June]

Yeah... I'll check it out!
After that book I feel a little like being a Vlad Dracula nerd...
Or rather, I'm interested in reading more historical fiction about tyrants/dictators. (Any other suggestions??)

This is suiting because alot of the time I go to write something my self, I'm writing about a murderer... (Though it's not historical)