New Book Challenges Bathory Legend
Get the Geopolitics newsletter
Daily geopolitics — wars, elections, sanctions, the diplomatic moves that move markets. Free.
- Shelley Puhak argues Bathory likely killed far fewer than the 600 victims recorded in folklore.
- Isabelle Huppert stars as Bathory in the new film Die Blutgräfin (The Blood Countess), reviving the blood‑bath myth for modern audiences.
- Guinness Book of World Records was once revered as an authoritative source of odd facts, illustrating how such references helped cement the Bathory legend.
Why it matters: Not enough in the article to say why this matters.
