Anyone else do a Mannfred campaign centered around collecting all the Books of Nagash?

I just started a Manny Daddy campaign today (Vh/N), and it's all about claiming all the Books, then beelining to Mother Sylvania to reap the rewards since all the bonuses are apparently doubled when you reclaim Drakenhof.

Anyone else done this? Is the effort worth the reward? Can I still try to kill Karl Franz and become a benevolent Vampire Emperor?

Or will Ordertide just bulldoze me and/or turn the lategame into a grinding slog?

Thanks for any answers and buenos noches mi amigos, ciao ciao!