| Personal Name |
Puhak, Shelley, author.
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| Title Statement |
The blood countess : murder, betrayal, and the making of a monster / Shelley Puhak.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Ã2026
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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| Content Type |
cartographic image cri rdacontent
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| Content Type |
still image sti rdacontent
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
A long, terrible year -- The first clue -- A wedding and a rebellion -- The curious case of Miss Modl -- See you in court -- The dose makes the poison -- Strained relations -- The preacher of éCachtrice -- The mysterious will -- The raid -- The servants' trial -- Her day in court -- "Look, how cold my hands are!"
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| Summary, Etc. |
A "work of true crime and feminist history about Elizabeth Bathory, the woman alleged to be the world's most prolific female serial killer, [but who the author believes was a widow whose large landholdings and religious beliefs made her a target for ambitious men, and who was an herbalist who used plant-based medicines, rather than a murderer]"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Bâathory, Erzsâebet, 1560-1614.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Herbalists Biography. Hungary
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women murderers Biography. Hungary
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Hoaxes History 16th century. Hungary
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women torturers Biography. Hungary
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Countesses Biography. History 16th century Hungary
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Malicious accusation History 16th century. Hungary
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Misogyny History 16th century. Hungary
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
True crime stories. lcgft
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