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The Blood Confession Hardcover – August 17, 2006

by Alisa Libby (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
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Drawn from the true story of a seventeenth-century countess who bathed herself in human blood to preserve her looks forever, this chilling novel, combining gothic horror and romance, follows beautiful Erzebet, as she tells the story of her life while waiting to be sentenced for murder.
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  1. Print length
    360 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Dutton Juvenile
  4. Publication date
    August 17, 2006
  5. Grade level
    9 - 12
  6. Reading age
    14 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    6.26 x 1.28 x 9.26 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0525477322
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0525477327
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Grade 9 Up–As this novel opens, Countess Erzebet Bizecka, imprisoned in the castle tower awaiting trial for the murders of a number of her serving girls, recounts her gruesome story. A beautiful young noblewoman living in 16th-century Hungary, Erzebet becomes obsessed with youth and beauty after her mother goes insane, and performs a ritual that involves bathing in blood. As Erzebet herself teeters on the edge of sanity, she begins to hallucinate about an attractive young man who encourages her hobby and eventually convinces her that she must commit murder in order to gain immortality. Erzebet, based on a real-life Hungarian blood countess, is an interesting character. She feels trapped and powerless in a world dominated by men, but soon learns that her beauty is a source of power. Readers will sympathize with her feelings of loneliness and abandonment, while being repulsed by her actions. The descriptions are mildly gruesome without being overly graphic or sensationalized. Even so, the book is not for the faint of heart. While the characterization is solid, the depiction of Erzebet's descent into madness is overly lengthy, which may deter all but die-hard horror fans.–Michele Capozzella, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
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Alisa M. Libby lives in Boston.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dutton Juvenile; First Edition (August 17, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0525477322
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0525477327
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.26 x 1.28 x 9.26 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

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Alisa M. Libby

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Alisa M. Libby is the author of The Blood Confession and The King's Rose. Drawn to dark characters, Libby was inspired to write about two of the most notorious "bad girls" in history. The Blood Confession is based on the legend of Countess Bathory, who believed that bathing in the blood of virgins would keep her eternally young. Her second novel, The King's Rose, is based on the life of Catherine Howard, the fifth - and unfaithful - wife of King Henry VIII. Unable to ask these women why they made such strange and reckless decisions, Libby turned to fiction to create answers that she found believable and intriguing.

A fan of historical and young adult fiction, Libby's favorite writers include Margaret George, Antonia Fraser, Robert Courmier, Francesca Lia Block, Donna Jo Napoli, and Joyce Ballou Gregorian, among others. Her literary hero is Wilhelmina Harker from Dracula by Bram Stoker. She also is a big fan of David Bowie.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Evil
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2008
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The copy of the book I got was really cool,it was a hard back & the bottom of the pages look like the book was dipped in blood. This book is not a biography but a really beautifully written novel about the blood countess.It starts off when she is a small child and she belives she is cursed by a comet that flew through the air the day she was born. She is obsessed with her beauty and youth. She looks in morriors all the time and baths in the blood of her servant girls to keep her skin smooth & white. This all sounds pretty creepy but the time is set in the 1600's and it's romantically written. Great book!!
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Alina Knorr
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2020
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Such a good book. Also the Pages are printed on the bottom to look like blood stains. It’s so cool
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Amanda Crozier
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2013
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This book is really dark, but I love it. It's based on an actual historical figure, and goes into depth about why the main character started to kill in the first place, the thoughts and the fears behind the actions.
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Bob Daddy
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2011
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This has been on my wifes wish list for a long time. I finally bought it for her and she enjoys it.

Amazon is a wonderful business idea. Convenient and fast. I'm sold!
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Kat Heckenbach
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.75 stars - intriguing story with unreliable narrator
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2016
This is four stars rounded up. Maybe 3.75. I liked the concept--it's not just an unreliable story-teller, the protagonist and antagonist are really the same person when you think about it. This is based on the story of Elizabeth Bathory, who was convicted of torturing and murdering (according to Wikipedia) 80 young girls around the year 1600. In the book, the author has called her Erzebet and changes many of Bathory's life details, such as having her never marry or have children, and she adds the motive for the murders--a quest for eternal youth and beauty--and bathing in her victims' blood as a means for that.

The writing is pretty strong, especially for a debut novel. The characterization was good, although maybe not entirely on-center for me. The author does have a flair for description and mood-setting.

You might be thinking the gruesome nature of this book is my issue, but it's not. I enjoy dark and spooky novels. And while this book, in some ways, may seem to glamorize Bathory's practices, I believe the message it clear: what she did was evil, and she was completely insane.

The things that bothered me about the book had more to do with a feeling of incongruity--it seemed to be trying to combine Bathory's story with the evil witch from Snow White, and it didn't quite jibe for me. I also found that it felt redundant in places, as Bathory's actions became repetitive and the author used a lot of the same phrases and descriptors over and over.

That said, it's definitely an author I'd try again. I admire the daring she exhibited in telling such a story, and the means of telling it through the eyes of Bathory herself. As I said, she did a great job with description and mood, and made me feel very much present in the story world.
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Susan Stec
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put this one down.
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2011
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Scary good, well researched, going to search out more of this writers work.
Thanks for the read.

Susan Stec, author, The Grateful Undead: They're so Vein
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Catherine Hammond
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2016
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Came in perfect condition!
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Christina J. Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Bathory story!
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
This book is REMARKABLE. This author did such an amazing job and seeing it all within my mind as I read each page was immaculate! Bathory, who can't enjoy the true tales of this woman in Hungary? I know what she did was wrong, but her story still lives on and still amazing what she had done in the past. In this book, I had a journey to see what this author had in mind for Bathory. From the beginning to her dreadful end. Plus! The pages at the bottom looking like its soaked in blood? Outstanding! I wished Alisa Libby would make more books like these, like Borgia and many other countless murderers of those times. It will be such an adventurous read. I HIGHLY recommend this book and don't pay mind to any negative comment until YOU give it a try! I wished to give more stars because this one deserves 10!
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