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Vlad the Impaler and the Legend of Dracula

Tides of History

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The Unimaginable Cruelty of Vlad the Impaler

There were babies clinging to their mothers on the stakes, and birds had made nests in their breasts. And the other Turks, seeing so many people impaled, were scared out of their woods. This wasn't enough for Vlad to hang on to his throne. He fled to Transylvania to the protection of his Hungarian allies.

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