Erzebet is young, beautiful, rich, and
imprisoned in her castle, waiting to be sentenced for murder. In a brilliant fiction debut, Alisa M. Libby resurrects the real-life Erzebet Bathory, a seventeenth-century countess who believed that bathing in human blood would preserve her looks forever. The jailed countess tells her story from her birth, which was overshadowed by a bad omen, to her mother's mental deterioration, Erzebet's own love for a mysterious figure, and the crimes she committed in pursuit of eternal life.
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| ISBN 0525477322 ISBN13: 9780525477327 |
399 pages
Published July 7th 2013
(Red Hound Press)
First Impression
Set in the 1st person The Blood Confession tells the interesting life story of the famous Countess Bathory.
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Blood Confession is an enchanting tale that starts in the tower where the Countess Bathory is been held awaiting the Prince of Hungary.
From here it then goes into a detailed account of her life as a child, who Yearned for her mother's company.
Her relationship with her father became strained as he was often was away at court "but when he did visit, our conversations were restricted to the typical subjects".
Her mother eventually when mad, "she turn to me with a strange smile, her dead eyes fixed on my face. She stared at me as if she could detect something that no one else was able to see."
I feel really sorry for her as she only felt she could rely on her maid as seen in this passage "Despite Rowena's reassuring presence, I was a loney child."
I really enjoyed reading The Blood Confession And would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in the history of Countess Bathory it was a very interesting subject to read about.
Quotes
“Envy is a dangerous sin. To envy someone you love is to kill a part of yourself”
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