The Bloody Countess: The Atrocities of Erzsebet Bathory
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| Author | Tony Thorne |
| ISBN | 0747536414 |
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| ISBN | 0674270266 |
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| ISBN | 0595199364 |
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| ISBN | 1449513441 |
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| ISBN | 0070456712 |
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| ISBN | 0922915733 |
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| ISBN | 0394514777 |
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