{"product_id":"house-of-bathory-linda-lafferty-9781477808641","title":"House of Bathory","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1600s, Elizabeth B疸hory, the infamous Blood Countess, ruled Čachtice Castle in the hinterlands of Slovakia. During bizarre nightly rites, she tortured and killed the young women she had taken on as servants. A devil, a demon, the terror of Royal Hungary--she bathed in their blood to preserve her own youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e400 years later, echoes of the Countess's legendary brutality reach Aspen, Colorado. Betsy Path, a psychoanalyst of uncommon intuition, has a breakthrough with sullen teenager Daisy Hart. Together, they are haunted by the past, as they struggle to understand its imprint upon the present. Betsy and her troubled but perceptive patient learn the truth: the curse of the House of Bathory lives still and has the power to do evil even now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story, brimming with palace intrigue, memorable characters intimately realized, and a wealth of evocative detail, travels back and forth between the familiar, modern world and a seventeenth-century Eastern Europe brought startlingly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the actual crimes of Elizabeth B疸hory, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Bathory\u003c\/i\u003e is another thrilling historical fiction from Linda Lafferty (\u003ci\u003eThe Bloodletter's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Drowning Guard\u003c\/i\u003e). The novel carries readers along with suspense and the sweep of historical events both repellent and fascinating. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Lafferty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477808647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477808641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Colorado Book Award - Finalist","brand":"Linda Lafferty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072670855423,"sku":"9781477808641","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8f3e36e-70f6-4f72-8af2-dcc920676901.jpg?v=1685443323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/house-of-bathory-linda-lafferty-9781477808641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}