Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Vlad the Impaler

*Includes pictures of Vlad and important people and places in his life. *Includes historical accounts that describe Vlad the Impaler and his notorious rule. *Discusses the authenticity of the accounts accusing Vlad of impaling tens of thousands and his other infamous misdeeds *Analyzes Vlad's legacy and his association with Bram Stoker's Dracula. “And then he put many people on spinning wheels and killed them. And he also did many such other inhuman cruelties that were talked about in many countries.” – A German legend about Vlad Dracula A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ Legends of the Middle Ages series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of important medieval men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.