The Sword of Michael

Origins of Nationalist Politics in Romania and Moldova

In this book: “Michael the Brave, the Ottoman Wars, and Count Dracula”— In this overview of the Ottoman Wars in Romania and the career of Wallachian prince Michael the Brave (1558-1601), it is argued that Michael the Brave, and not his earlier relative Vlad Țepeș, was the true lifetime alter ego of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula. “In Search of A.C. Cuza”— A biographical essay about a Romanian law professor and politician, dealing with his intellectual antecedents and his influence on his younger protégé, Romanian militia leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. "Moldavian Ukraine" — A 1913 historical monograph by renowned historian Nicolae Iorga about the interaction between the Cossacks and the Principality of Moldavia in the latter half of the 17th century. “Vladimir M. Purishkevich, Godfather of the Black Hundred"— This study of the controversial Russia-assimilated Moldavian parliamentarian and assassin questions his reputation as a reactionary, and offers insight into his motives for killing Rasputin.