The Nightingale’s Castle: A Novel of Erzsébet Báthory, the Blood Countess – Sonia Velton Free Audiobook

Written by Sonia Velton
Read by Elinor Coleman
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

In the vein of riveting historical novels with a touch of Dracula—a propulsive feminist reimagining of the story of Erzsébet Báthory, the infamous sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat known as the “Blood Countess”, who was rumored to have murdered hundreds of peasant girls and bathed in their blood.

In 1573, Countess Erzsébet Báthory gives birth to an illegitimate child. Secretly taken to a peasant family living in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, the infant girl is raised as their own. Years later, a young woman called Boróka—ignorant of her true history—is sent to join the Countess’s household.

Hachette Audio, May, 2024
11 hours and 5 minutes