
Vlad the Impaler and the Legend of Dracula
Tides of History
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One summer afternoon in 1462, a storm gathered in Vallechia. The air smelled of approaching rain and the coppery tang of blood. A man was impaled on a giant stake that had been sharpened to drive into his stomach. He didn't die until he'd slid halfway down the stake.
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