Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania

Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania

The only country in Eastern Europe to speak a Latin language, Romania has always felt itself different, and its unique fate has been to experience some of the most disastrous leaderships of the last c…

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