Rebecca johns is the author of two novels, icebergs bloomsbury usa, 2006, which was a penhemingway finalist, and the countess crown 2010, which has been translated around the world. The countess by rebecca johns, 9780307588463, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The following scene was from a storyline in the countess that ended up being cut from the second draft of the novel. Or did her accusers create a violent fiction in order to remove this beautiful. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The political, regional, and historic are brought together. She is a graduate of the university of missouris school of journalism and the iowa writers workshop. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I read mostly literary fiction, so i wasnt looking forward or hoping for a gothic tale. A novel of elizabeth bathory kindle edition by johns, rebecca. But the countess was also a powerful widow holding sway over a considerable inheritance of.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The countess embraces this new role of loving wife and mother, doing everything she can to expand her husbands power and secure her familys future. I still think the numbers are exaggerated but even a dozen or two is extreme. Author rebecca johns attempts to address this in her fictionalised account of elizabeth bathorys life in her historical novel the countess. The countess is a complex and artfully constructed story about a powerful spirit perverted by oppressing values, political ruthlessness, and. Interview with rebecca johns, author of the countess. Her second, the countessa fictionalization of the life of elizabeth bathory, the blood countesswas published in october 2010 from crown books. Was the blood countess historys first and perhaps worst female ser. She is to spend her final years in solitary confinement for her crime the gruesome murders of dozens of female servants. Johnss creepily enticing second novel after icebergs travels to 1611 hungary as countess erzsebet bathoryaka the blood countessis. Her first novel, icebergs, was a finalist for the 2007 penhemingway award. A novel of elizabeth bathory by rebecca johns 2011, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
Such questions haunt the pages of the countess crown, 2010, rebecca johnss lively historical novel about countess erzsebet bathory of hungary. This serial killer was active in the following countries. Such questions haunt the pages of the countess crown, 2010, rebecca johns s lively historical novel about countess erzsebet bathory of hungary. On the back of the book, a critic writes that rebecca johns manages to make the reader sympathetic to the countesss story and she does just that. Johns ability to mesmerize with words, to portray such vivid and heinous crimes with an unbiased compassion and passion is what lends perfection to this story, claudia suggests. Rebecca johnss first novel, icebergs, was a finalist for the 2007 hemingway foundationpen award for first fiction and a recipient of the michenercopernicus award. Was the blood countess historys first and perhaps worst.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The political, regional, and historic are brought together without the sensationalized legends of the horror stories. Rebecca johns carefully crafted a wonderful story of what the countess bathory could have been like. Serial killer elizabeth bathory aka the blood countess, the cachtice countess, was active for 20 years between 15901609, known to have 80 confirmed 650 possible victims. Okay, so i found this book via goodreads deals a couple of months ago and the synopsis sounded vaguely interesting and something akin to the horror of the serial murders by the countess bathory told in her own wordswere the serial murders all just made up to force a woman out of her political. Read the countess a novel of elizabeth bathory by rebecca johns available from rakuten kobo. Rebecca johns had always been fascinated by female killers so she found it irresistible when offered the chance to write about the woman known as historys first female serial killer, countess. Johns takes us through bathorys childhood growing up in a noble family in 16th century hungary, and walks us through her life in a first person narrative. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the countess. The countess, a fictive novel which tells the story of countess elizabeth bathory, who is supposed to have been the serial killer of hundreds of servant girls.
Rebecca johns is an associate professor of english at depaul university and a graduate of the iowa writers workshop. The novel follows the life of elizabeth bathory erzsebet bathory, the blood countess who was one of the historical figures some. Okay, so i found this book via goodreads deals a couple of months ago and the synopsis sounded vaguely interesting and something akin to the horror of the serial murders by the countess bathory told in her own wordswere the serial murders all just made up to force. Fortunately, rebecca johns has told erzsebet bathorys story in her new novel, the countess, set to be released this month. A lost scene from the countess revealed read it forward. October 12th 2010 was the blood countess historys first and perhaps worst female serial killer. She was buried in holy ground, but her body was later removed, after residents complained, and taken to. Buy the countess by rebecca johns from waterstones today. Was the blood countess historys first and perhaps worst female serial killer. A novel of elizabeth bathory by rebecca johns at indigo.
Johns is a member of the depaul university english department and teaches annually at the iowa summer writing festival in iowa city. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the countess. A novel by rebecca johns was the blood countess historys first and perhaps worst female serial killer. The countess book ottawa public library bibliocommons. Or did her accusers create a violent fiction in order to remove this beautiful, intelligent, ambitious foe from the maledominated world of hungarian politics. When i picked up the countess, i didnt know what to expect. The novel begins as erzsebet is being walled inside her castle tower. A novel by rebecca johns is a novel about the life of countess erzsebet bathory. A look at rebecca johns the countess this wasnt a book i ever expected to read. Buy a cheap copy of the countess book by rebecca johns. Or did her accusers create a violent fiction in order. Or did her accusers create a violent fiction in order to remove this beautiful, intelligent, ambitious foe from the maledominated world of.
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