This one may surprise many of you; it turns out that while many believe the legend of Dracula from Bram Stoker’s famous novel was inspired by Vlad Tepes, that may not actually be the case at all. For those Romanians who want Vlad the Impaler’s name to be cleared on this matter, y...
6.Count Dracula was inspired by Romanian ruler Vlad The Impaler (Vlad Ţepes). Yeah, vampire stories started by Bram Stoker are inspired by 15th century ruler Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia. I honestly don’t know how someone can make the link between impaling someone and drinking th...
I think there are many ways on answering this question. Let’s start at the beginning of her reign. Elizabeth was the least likely of Henry VIII’s children to come to the throne, and when she did everyone had the same question on their mind. As the Spanish Ambassador, the Count of F...
Today it is a pleasure to welcome my good friend, Kasia Ogrodnik toHistory…the Interesting Bitswith a little bit of Polish history for us. I have been wanting to tell the story of King Jadwiga since writing about her inHeroines of the Medieval World. But Kasia is far better qualified to...
Romanian prince and military leaderVlad Draculea or Vlad DraculnicknamedVlad Tepes(Vlad the Impaler) was the inspiration forCount Dracula. Voivode Vlad fought bravely against the invading Turkish army in the mid 1400's; he used his military skills and psychological warfare to keep the Ottomans at ...