The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer by Lucille Turner

The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer by Lucille Turner

The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer, a compelling tale of prophecy and intrigue at the palace of the Ottomans and an original exploration of the myth of the vampire

When Vlad Dracula arrives at the court of the Ottoman Sultan Murad I, his life is turned upside down. His father Dracul cannot protect him; he must battle his demons alone.

1442: The Ottoman Turks are advancing through the Balkans with Vienna in their sights and Constantinople, the Orthodox Greek capital, within their grasp. Dracul, ruler of Wallachia (present-day Romania), will pay almost any price to save his country, but he will not surrender to the blackmail of the cardinals of Rome; he will not betray the Greeks.

When Vlad, his middle son, begins to show signs of the ancestral sickness, Dracul vows to deliver him into safety. But time is running short. To some, Vlad Dracula is a strigoi, the worst of all evils; to others, he is the son of a righteous man. Confrontational, charismatic and manipulative, he tests family and enemy alike. Surely he is destined for power, but of what kind?

As the Ottomans plot to take Constantinople, the future of Vlad Dracula becomes a weapon for those who would preserve the Golden City of the Eastern Church. The Catholics are afraid of him; the Greeks hold the scrolls that tell of his past. And when the Sultan calls for the services of a soothsayer, even the shrewd teller of fortunes is unprepared for what he learns.

Turner, Lucille: - LUCILLE TURNER's first book, Gioconda, was published by Granta Books in 2011. A novel about the life of Leonardo da Vinci, it went on to win the Hislibris prize for historical fiction and was translated into several languages. She has a Master's degree in Comparative Literature and has worked as a translator, a journalist, a teacher and a book reviewer. She lives between Bournemouth and Nice and blogs about historical fiction at www.lucilleturner.com.

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ISBN 13	9781527202061
ISBN 10	1527202062
Title	The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer
Author	Lucille Turner
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hengist Press
Year published	2016-11-19
Number of pages	484
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