The Blood Countess - Softcover

Andrei Codrescu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704380110 ISBN 13: 9780704380110

Publisher: Quartet Books (London), 1996

Synopsis

This work forms part of the tenth-anniversary celebrations of the University of Glamorgan. It traces the institution's development from its beginnings as the South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines to its present-day status as a university and sets that history in the context of the university's environment.

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Review:

A folk belief that on bitter cold nights the stars come down to mate with wolves. An adolescent boy, sexually aroused by an "iron maiden" torture device. The smell of paprika and boiled chicken served with Tokay wine. These and other vivid images of Hungary in the 16th century, and Hungary today, swirl together amid scenes of luxury and barbarity and talk of Martin Luther's Christianity and post-Communist ideals in this gloriously gruesome novel inspired by the life of Countess Elizabeth Bathory. They say she killed 650 virgin girls in order to rejuvenate herself with their blood.

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The National Bestseller

"As compellingly readable as it is thoughtfully intelligent...The Blood Countess is that rarest of things, a new American novel of serious literary merit that is actually about something."--San Jos Mercury News

"A brilliant work that reveals much about power and politics and obsession." --St. Petersburg Times

"The Blood Countess is a wonderful and accurate re-creation of history by a very knowledgeable author. A page turner!" --William S. Burroughs

"The Blood Countess will frost your plasma, curdle your goulash, and stir your nightmares with a golden shiv." --Tom Robbins

About this edition

• Publisher: Quartet Books (London)
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0704380110
• ISBN 13: 9780704380110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352