The Impaler's Wife

Name: The Impaler's Wife
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Autumn Bardot
ISBN: 9781977300713

Author: Autumn Bardot

Narrator: Samantha Desz

Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/10/2020

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A young woman is swept into a life of intrigue, revenge, passion, and betrayal when she falls for the world's most notorious prince, Vlad Dracula.

The year is 1464. King Matthias controls Hungary, his family, and the fate of the world's most notorious political prisoner, Prince Vlad Dracula.

Ilona Szilágy, the king's cousin, is young and ambitious. Dracula is determined to marry into the family. It is love at first sight, but the king has other plans. The Impaler Prince, however, never takes no for an answer.

This begins Ilona's journey into the treacherous world of court intrigues, family betrayals, and her husband's dark desires. Eager to become Vlad's trusted confidant, Ilona soon discovers that marriage to a man tortured by his past comes with a price.

Woven throughout is a peek into the life and times of one of the world's most enigmatic and maligned rulers . . . the man before the legend.

The Impaler's Wife offers a fierce yet sensuous glimpse into the violent fifteenth century.

Contains mature themes.

About Autumn Bardot

Autumn Bardot writes historical fiction and historical erotica. Her debut work of historical fiction is The Impaler's Wife, and her debut historical erotica novel is Legends of Lust.

Autumn (a pen name) has worked as an educator for more than sixteen years. She teaches literature, writing, and the magic of words. She has a passion for history and a special affinity for the unsung courageous females that history has neglected. Or misunderstood. Autumn lives in Southern California with her husband and every-growing family. She wishes she was one-tenth as brave as the women she writes about.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on June 25, 2019

I've been fascinated with Vlad Dracula since I was a little girl. Don't judge, I was a little macabre as a kid :) I haven't read much about him as an adult so I jumped super quick to pick up The Impaler's Wife and I am so glad that I did. It's phenomenal! Author Autumn Bardot expertly crafted a fasc......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on June 23, 2021

The Impaler’s Wife by Autumn Bardot is narrated by Samantha Desz and was instantly added to my TBR when I found it on Goodreads. I absolutely love gothic historical fiction. This book jumps between two timelines. One that begins with Vlad as a child and the tragic and traumatizing past he experience......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 03, 2019

Lady Ilona Szilágy is cousin to King Matthias of Hungary in 1464. King Matthias keeps Vlad Dracula as a political prisoner. Ilona's sister Margit believes that she is soon to be betrothed to Vlad. After meeting the mysterious man shrouded in stories of horror and several strange prophesies Ilona bel......more

Goodreads review by Marie on May 18, 2019

The test of a good book is one that successfully tells a tale from which you can’t turn away. The test of a good writer is one who constructs characters anyone can care about, even if their beliefs may not align with the reader. Suspension of disbelief, and being drawn into the fictional world is ke......more