turkish occupation, 1526-1699

"In 1578 Hungary, sixteen-year-old Anna is elevated from scullery maid to chambermaid by the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth B?thory, falling completely under the Countess's spell until Anna realizes that she is not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel and murderous Elizabeth"--Provided by publisher.

Countess Erzebet Bizecka's blood ritual, in which she bathes in the blood of servant girls in order to achieve eternal youth and beauty, becomes dangerous when she meets a handsome stranger who shows her new ways to conduct the ceremony. Based on the life of Countess Erzs?bet B?thory who lived in Hungary in the sixteenth century.