The Bloody Countess The Atrocities of Erzsébet Báthory

Descended from one of the most ancient aristocratic families of Europe, Erzsebet Bathory bore the psychotic aberrations of centuries of intermarriage. Her years of reign witnessed a regime of cruelty unsurpassed in the annals of mass murder, with the Countess' depredations of the virgin girls of the Carpathians leading to some 650 deaths. This edition by historian Penrose gives a detailed insight into the life of this extraordinary individual.