Infamous Lady The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory Second Editon eBook Kimberly Craft
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This new and expanded second edition explores the life of the 16th-century "Blood Countess" of Hungary, Erzsébet Báthory. Reputed to be both a vampire and the world's worst female serial killer, she allegedly bathed in the blood of her 650 victims. Based on newly-found source material, translated into English for the first time, this book explores the actual life and trial of Countess Báthory, through letters, documents, and trial transcripts.
Infamous Lady The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory Second Editon eBook Kimberly Craft
As mentioned by other reviewers, the book is extremely well-researched, while avoiding an overly-academic presentation.However, in the Kindle version, more than a few words are misspelled and the formatting in some places is off, leading to, for example, a portrait on one page with the legend on another page that is otherwise completely blank, or paragraphs not beginning on a new line, but after several spaces, like this:
Paragraph X. (spacespacespacespacespacespace, Amazon keeps deleting them.) Paragraph Y and this just looks sloppy.
I hope the editors (?) fix this problem in following versions - it detracts heavily from what is otherwise an obvious labor of love .
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Infamous Lady The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory Second Editon eBook Kimberly Craft Reviews
Very well researched and written. Fascinating true crime story!
Very well researched and detailed account of one of the most famous women in history. Excellent reference book. Highly recommended.
A gripping story, told through remarkably thorough research.
Wonder how much of the story is really true or fabricated back when this was to have happened - was she set up for being a woman of power in a man's world back then?
Really well written, staying away from sensationalizing her and the stories that surrounded her. I'm not a historical expert but it seemed to me the author wrote as close to the actual history as possible. I enjoyed when the book addressed the Bathory myths and how they could have come to be.
Loved the detailed translations of various Hungarian documents and the increased detail over the first edition. Looking forward to more revelations as scholarship continues.
Erzsébet Báthory was a dangerous personality from a young age, and a combination of hard times, a difficult temperament, and nothing to restrain her, made her a monstrous figure alleged to be literally "bathed in blood." Ms. Craft's book offers a much more measured view by describing more about both the woman and the time she lived in, obliquely raising a disquieting question Why do we need to exaggerate some people into monsters? What does this behavior do for us, when the person in question is already bad? What do we learn when we learn about genuinely bad people?
The only thing I don't like poor proofreading. Several typos were distracting from arb otherwise very good read.
Very well researched and written! The family background and history helped to understand the backstory. Excellent story telling from trial transcripts and witness testimony. The only negative I could find was at the end, the author seemed predisposed to want a diagnosis of schizophrenia. However the Countess was very organized and deliberate, she most likely was a sociopath with a personality disorder, but not schizophrenia. There was no evidence that the Countess heard voices or was disorganized. Just the opposite, in fact. The Countess, from the authors examination of her correspondence, was very capable of proper social interactions and managed her vast holdings capably. Very interesting account of the Countess Bathory!
As mentioned by other reviewers, the book is extremely well-researched, while avoiding an overly-academic presentation.
However, in the version, more than a few words are misspelled and the formatting in some places is off, leading to, for example, a portrait on one page with the legend on another page that is otherwise completely blank, or paragraphs not beginning on a new line, but after several spaces, like this
Paragraph X. (spacespacespacespacespacespace, keeps deleting them.) Paragraph Y and this just looks sloppy.
I hope the editors (?) fix this problem in following versions - it detracts heavily from what is otherwise an obvious labor of love .
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