History's Most Infamous Figures: Vlad The Impaler

di Caleb Kavanaugh (Autore)

Martin Sherrill (Narratore)

TFG Networks, 2026

Long before Dracula became a caped vampire, the name belonged to a Wallachian prince fighting for survival between rival nobles, an ambitious Hungary, and the expanding Ottoman Empire. Vlad III entered a world where thrones were seized by force, alliances changed without warning, and defeat often ended in imprisonment, mutilation, or death. Raised partly as an Ottoman hostage and hardened by the murder of his father and brother, Vlad returned determined to rule through fear. His answer to rebellion, corruption, and foreign invasion was a campaign of calculated brutality that made impalement both a punishment and a weapon of psychological warfare. Yet the familiar stories come from sources shaped by propaganda, political rivalry, and centuries of retelling. Behind the forests of stakes and tales of blood lies a complicated ruler remembered as a monster by his enemies and as a severe defender of order by many in Romania. His struggle against Sultan Mehmed II produced daring attacks, devastating reprisals, and spectacles intended to terrify one of the most powerful armies on earth. The result was a life so violent and contested that history could not contain it, allowing a mortal prince to become something far darker in the world’s imagination.

• Autore: Caleb Kavanaugh
• Narratore: Martin Sherrill
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 04:54:25
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: TFG Networks
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 1230010452714