Is And I Darken based on a true story?

It's inspired by history rather than drawn from it directly. Author Kiersten White reimagines Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Dracula), the real 15th-century voivode of Wallachia, as a girl — Lada Dragwlya — who is sent with her brother Radu as a political hostage to the Ottoman court of Sultan Murad II and his son Mehmed.

How many books are in The Conqueror's Saga?

Three: And I Darken (2016), Now I Rise (2017), and Bright We Burn (2018).

And I Darken

Fantasy Historical Fiction

Pages: 496
Published: 2016
Language: English

Synopsis

Lada Dragwlya, a princess from Wallachia, embraces brutality as a means of survival after she and her younger brother, Radu, are abandoned in the Ottoman courts. They are mere pawns in a dangerous political game, their royal lineage making them both special and targets. Lada must navigate this treacherous world, where ruthlessness is the only path to staying alive.

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