For Whom the Dragon Cries: The Life of the Enchanting Lady Anna Báthory

The captivating life of the enchanting Anna Báthory. A tale of epic love, adorned with splendour, and dappled with the enigmatic shadow of intrigue.

Amidst a backdrop of betrayals, passion, political murders, and love forged on command, Anna Báthory, sister to the Prince of Transylvania, relentlessly pursues her own happiness.

Born at the end of the sixteenth century, Anna Báthory is one of the last members of the glorious and infamous Báthory clan. Her grandfather was the brother of the Polish king, and hers is a family of rulers and Transylvanian princes, a family of fame and glory whose fortune is legendary. The novel opens in 1608 in Transylvania, where inside the walls of the city of Kolozsvár the people are preparing for festivities the likes of which have never been seen the wedding of the prince’s sister, 14-year-old Anna Báthory. She is being married off in a hurry, for her brother, Gabriel Báthory, the newly elected young prince, is in desperate need of allies.

Anna suffers betrayals and heartbreak, she experiences jealousy, lust and love, and she struggles to come to terms with her constantly changing position as she travels through a world of mystery, cruelty and passion, eternally at the mercy of the always unpredictable fates.

While Anna Báthory takes centre stage, the novel takes the reader on an expansive journey through the Hungarian Kingdom, Transylvania and Vienna, and on to Istanbul, Venice, Warsaw and Brussels, with a sweeping narrative.