The Resource The Carpathian assignment : the true history of the apprehension and death of Dracula Vlad Tepes, Count and Voivode of the principality of Transylvania, Chip Wagar
The Carpathian assignment : the true history of the apprehension and death of Dracula Vlad Tepes, Count and Voivode of the principality of Transylvania, Chip Wagar
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- Summary
- Kalvary Istvan, a retired colonel in the Royal Hungarian cavalry, takes up a post as chief of police of the Bistritz district in Transylvania in 1896. His hopes of a peaceful retirement are dashed when he learns of his predecessor's disappearance, along with his pretty young wife. A manhunt for a serial killer is also underway in the district, led by a brilliant young investigator named Gabor Kasza. Istvan and Kasza use the latest methods of scientific, deductive reasoning and the new field of psychiatry in their investigations, and eventually focus on the Roma. The mountain people of the Carpathians have a different explanation for the killings. The name Dracula is whispered
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9781495498909
- Label
- The Carpathian assignment : the true history of the apprehension and death of Dracula Vlad Tepes, Count and Voivode of the principality of Transylvania
- Title
- The Carpathian assignment
- Title remainder
- the true history of the apprehension and death of Dracula Vlad Tepes, Count and Voivode of the principality of Transylvania
- Statement of responsibility
- Chip Wagar
- Subject
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- Detective and mystery stories
- Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Hungarians -- Romania | Transylvania -- Fiction
- Krafft-Ebing, R. von, (Richard), 1840-1902 -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Bistrița-Năsăud (Romania) -- Fiction
- Romanies -- Fiction
- Serial murders -- Fiction
- Police chiefs -- Fiction
- Carpathian Mountains -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Kalvary Istvan, a retired colonel in the Royal Hungarian cavalry, takes up a post as chief of police of the Bistritz district in Transylvania in 1896. His hopes of a peaceful retirement are dashed when he learns of his predecessor's disappearance, along with his pretty young wife. A manhunt for a serial killer is also underway in the district, led by a brilliant young investigator named Gabor Kasza. Istvan and Kasza use the latest methods of scientific, deductive reasoning and the new field of psychiatry in their investigations, and eventually focus on the Roma. The mountain people of the Carpathians have a different explanation for the killings. The name Dracula is whispered
- Cataloging source
- EGH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wagar, Chip
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Krafft-Ebing, R. von
- Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)
- Hungarians
- Police chiefs
- Serial murders
- Murder
- Romanies
- Bistrița-Năsăud (Romania)
- Carpathian Mountains
- Label
- The Carpathian assignment : the true history of the apprehension and death of Dracula Vlad Tepes, Count and Voivode of the principality of Transylvania, Chip Wagar
- Control code
- sky273876540
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9781495498909
- Lccn
- 2014902888
- Label
- The Carpathian assignment : the true history of the apprehension and death of Dracula Vlad Tepes, Count and Voivode of the principality of Transylvania, Chip Wagar
- Control code
- sky273876540
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9781495498909
- Lccn
- 2014902888
Subject
- Detective and mystery stories
- Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Hungarians -- Romania | Transylvania -- Fiction
- Krafft-Ebing, R. von, (Richard), 1840-1902 -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Bistrița-Năsăud (Romania) -- Fiction
- Romanies -- Fiction
- Serial murders -- Fiction
- Police chiefs -- Fiction
- Carpathian Mountains -- Fiction
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