Book Review

The Blood Countess

Andrei Codrescu

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Writer: Andrei Codrescu; Genres: Fiction, Historical, Horror

A Dracula-esque tale based on Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560- 1613), possibly the most sadistic murderess in history (she liked to bathe in blood). NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu has dramatized her life and brought her back to haunt her fictional descendant, a New York journalist, in this beautifully written novel, The Blood Countess, a high gothic drama. A-

Posted Jul 26, 1996

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