Decoding History: Vlad Dracula’s Letters and Their Scientific Secrets

There are moments in history when the past reveals itself willingly to those who study it with patience and passion. One such arrived recently, when historical chemist researchers bent over three 500-year-old letters written by voivode Vlad III of Wallachia, the man the world remembers as Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad Drăculea, the Son of the Dragon.

24/05/202624/05/2026

Vlad the Impaler and How Dracula’s Epic Shadow Was Made

Long before Bram Stoker wrote Dracula there was Vlad the Impaler: voivode of Wallachia, enemy of the Ottomans, ruler feared as much for his punishments as for his political cunning.

This is the Vlad who moves through the pages of When Secrets Bloom and Kate’s Letter, included in the Courage Anthology out 17 JUNE. Vlad the man, consumed by passions and hidden fears—not as a figure of legend already swallowed by bats and myth. A man still anchored in the hard geography of his own century.

22/05/202622/05/2026

What Did Medieval Epistles Really Look Like? And Kate’s Surprise Letter

There is something haunting about an old letter.

While writing Kate’s Letter for the anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope (OUT JUNE 17), I found myself drawn not only to the emotions within the letter, but to the physical reality of medieval correspondence itself. How did people protect private messages before envelopes existed? What did secrecy look like in an age of spies, kingdoms, and fragile loyalties?

13/05/202614/05/2026

Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope, Pre-Order Now #CourageAnthology

The old storytellers would have said that courage does not arrive with trumpets. It comes quieter than that: with footsteps in deep snow; with a hand reaching to help when all instinct says withdraw.

And so Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope was born.
Courage is not the absence of fear—it is the decision to face it.

09/05/202613/05/2026

COVER REVEAL! Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope – 17 JUNE 2026

I am so excited to announce a new historical fiction anthology coming soon, Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope: 17.06.2026!

Courage includes Kate’s Letter, my short story set in 15th century Transylvania. This short story was inspired by the main character from my latest novel When Secrets Bloom and a historical character who needs no introduction: Kate Webber and Vlad Dracula.