"Hand to fans of dark historical fiction and powerful female characters. "Hand to fans of dark historical fiction and powerful female characters." - School Library Journal "Popovic also touches on how a patriarchal society can drive women to extremes without letting the truly terrifying Bathory, or Anna, off the hook for their own actions." - Kirkus Reviews Readers will likely be inspired to do actual research into Lady Bathory's murderous misdeeds." - Booklist "Popovic balances lush, romantic language with gruesome imagery in this tale of innocence lost. Then come the murders, and Anna knows it's only a matter of time before the Blood Countess turns on her, too.
Isolated from her former friends, family, and fiancé, Anna realizes she's not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel Elizabeth. It's not long before Anna falls completely under the Countess's spell-and the Countess t"akes full advantage. 16K likes, 209 comments - Raegan Revord (raeganrevord) on Instagram: Happy February the book pick of the month is Blood Countess by Lana Popovic. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend, confident and lover. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she's vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servants' quarters below. In sixteenth-century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory. Then come the murders, and Anna knows it’s only a matter of time before the Blood Countess turns on her."A lush and bloody historical thriller" based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula, a Hungarian noblewoman turned serial killer. Isolated from her former friends, family, and fiancee, Anna realizes she’s not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel Elizabeth. It’s not long before Anna falls completely under the Countess’s spell-and the Countess takes full advantage. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend and confidante. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she’s vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servants’ quarters below.
It’s not long before Anna falls completely under In 17th-century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Baathory. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the countess begins to groom Anna as her friend and confidante.
A YA horror novel based on Countess Elizabeth Baathory, the infamous, real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula-now in paperbackIn 17th-century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Bathory.
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