The first is one I have been eyeing for a while. Drood by Dan Simmons is a fictional recount of the last years of the life of Charles Dickens by his friend, writer Wilkie Collins. The book tells the story of how Dicken's believed that he was plagued by a demon-being, whom he refers to as Drood, which compels him to descend into the bowels of humanity and perform some twisted deeds. I am a sucker for historical mysteries laced with supernatural tendencies. I believe I am going to enjoy this, all 800-pages of it.
The second was an impulse buy, I saw it on the bookshelf and was immediately drawn to its title. Vlad - The Last Confession by C.C. Humphreys, is a story of the real Dracula, Vlad III the Impaler. I have always been drawn to the story of this man, whose name and history inspired a legend that has grown into a pop culture icon of terror for our time, the vampires. I still remember reading a story in the encyclopedia as a child, about how an invading Ottoman army turned back in fright when it encountered thousands of rotting corpses impaled on the banks of the Danube and seeing a portrait of Vlad next to it, all white and pale and freaky.so all in all, my weekend is set!
1 comments:
tell me whether it's good ya? the vlad one.. somehow dickens plagued by demon doesn't seems right :D
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