{"product_id":"vlad-dracula-the-impaler-9781069389947","title":"Vlad Dracula: The Impaler","description":"\u003cp\u003e1456, the night of Vlad's coronation: a dastardly plot, a joint venture between the Ottoman Empire and Catholic Hungary to kill the Impaler's beloved, sets off some of the worst atrocities in history, enshrining the name \u003cem\u003eDracula \u003c\/em\u003eas a synonym for terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe drank the blood of his victims, and filled the castles of the land with wretches destined for the stake: Scourge of the Saxons, champion of the peasants, national hero who saved his country from Islamic conquest, Vlad was all of these, and much, much more... His name has become a byword for cruelty, Vlad's draconian policies the horror of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who \u003cem\u003ewas\u003c\/em\u003e the man behind the legend? Written off by historians, the Dacians were thought to have vanished immediately after the Roman conquest of Dacia, but Vlad, Son of the Devil, would revive the ancient Gaulish pride, bringing hope to the oppressed Wallachs of Transylvania through a dastardly series of impalements: he would become known in Romanian as \u003cem\u003eVlad Tepeş, \u003c\/em\u003e the Impaler! A man more terrifying than any vampire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cymmrodorion Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781069389947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Albert A. Ernst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259546628277,"sku":"9781069389947","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e036666c-2cf4-4a7f-ba48-6079190a9466.jpg?v=1771342117","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vlad-dracula-the-impaler-9781069389947","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}