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Where Vlad Dracula Lived – His Last Years, 1462-1476: Captive. Crowned. Killed.

Vlad Dracula, the Man Behind the Legend visual timeline titled

During his youth, Vladul lived between Wallachia and the Ottoman world; from Ottoman captivity Vlad III traveled to take the throne of his Transalpine land, at Târgoviște; next Vlad, son of Dracul lived exiled in Moldavia and Transylvania; finally he returned to Wallachia, across the Carpathian mountains, for his second and longest reign as Vlad Dracula – but not his last.

Yet, for Vlad Dracula, a first journey ended in exile; this odyssey to the throne will end in chains. As for his last fight – that will make him immortal. But was it what he would have wanted?

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Following Vlad III in Moldavia and Transylvania: Exile and New Alliances, 1449–1456, Part 4

The years Vlad III spent in Moldavia and Transylvania, exiled, perhaps at the Edirne Ottoman court too, are the ones we now the least about-almost no records were left. These are the years that sparked my imagination writing the historical fiction saga Blood of Kings, Heart of Shadows.

So what exactly do we know about the time Vlad III spent seeking refuge at the Ottoman court an then exiled at the Moldavia court and in Transylvania? He was not yet calling himself Vlad Dracula, and not yet called Vlad the Impaler either.

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Cover Reveal: The Book That Should Have Been Lost

The Book That Should Have Been Lost

Over the moon to share with you the cover for my new novella The Book That Should Have Been Lost, another companion read to the Blood of Kings, Heart of Shadows historical fiction saga set in medieval Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia – today Romania, my birth country.

The Book That Should Have Been Lost – Some books tell history. One remembers the truth.

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