by Javier García Sánchez · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408064558
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«Ella, Drácula» is the historical novel by Javier García Sánchez, published by Booket in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
A fictional recreation of the life of Erzsébet Báthory, a 17th-century Hungarian aristocrat known as the Bloody Countess. Over eight years she kidnapped, tortured and murdered seven hundred young women, and her obsession with witchcraft and blood made her the greatest serial killer. The work argues that she was the real Dracula.
Subtitle: Life and crimes of Erzsébet Báthory, the Bloody Countess. Part of the Historical Novel collection. January 2006 edition.
For readers of historical fiction and true crime, interested in real crimes, dark legends and the origin of the Dracula myth.
Javier García Sánchez is a Spanish writer. Born in Barcelona in 1955, he studied at the Complutense University in Madrid. He edited the magazine Quimera for two years, and wrote in the culture pages of La Voz de Euskadi. He achieved literary success with his second novel La dama del viento sur, which won the Premio Pío Baroja and was translated into English by Michael Bradburn Ruster and Myrna R. Villa. He won the Premio Herralde with a later novel La historia más triste. His book on the champion road cyclist Miguel Indurain has been translated into English.
