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  • Vlad the Impaler: Dracula and Vampirism

  • The Entire Life Story (Great Biographies)
  • By: The History Hour
  • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
  • Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
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Summary

Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler was voivode of Wallachia three times. The tales about the burning of the lazy, the poor, and the lame at Vlad's order and the execution of the woman who had made her husband too short a shirt can also be found among the German and Slavic anecdotes.

Inside you’ll hear about:

  • Early life
  • Reigns
  • Imprisonment in Hungary
  • Family
  • Reputation for cruelty
  • National hero
  • Vampire mythology

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Books describing Vlad's cruel acts were among the first best sellers in the German-speaking territories. In Russia, popular stories suggested that Vlad was able to strengthen central government only through applying brutal punishments, and a similar view was adopted by most Romanian historians in the 19th century. Vlad's reputation for cruelty and his patronymic inspired the name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

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Interesting & Insightful

A look at the true history that inspired Bran Stocker's writing of Dracula.
Well written and nicely narrated

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great telling of little known events

Well read history of an area not usually covered. Fascinating story of an the fight between the Catholic and Ottoman empires in the fifteenth century.

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