Download or read book Countess Dracula written by Tony Thorne and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-02-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Elisabeth Bathory, a 17th-century Transylvanian countess. She was tried as a vampire and became an inspiration for depraved murderers up to the present day.;Based on research conducted at archives in Eastern Europe, this account includes both the recorded truth and the legend that has grown up around her. Tony Thorne is the author of the "Bloomsbury Dictionary of Slang".