The true story behind the legend of Dracula - a biography of Prince Vlad of Transylvania, better known as Vlad the Impaler. This revised edition now includes entries from Bram Stoker's recently discovered diaries, the amazing tale of Nicolae Ceausescu's attempt to make Vlad a national hero, and an examination of recent adaptations in fiction, stage and screen.

In Search Of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires

Biographies & Memoirs

McNally, Raymond T.

Florescu, Radu

Arts & Literature

Mariner Books

The true story behind the legend of Dracula - a biography of Prince Vlad of Transylvania, better known as Vlad the Impaler. This revised edition now includes entries from Bram Stoker's recently discovered diaries, the amazing tale of Nicolae Ceausescu's attempt to make Vlad a national hero, and an examination of recent adaptations in fiction, stage and screen.

In Search of Dracula : A true history of Dracula and vampire legends

History

Europe

WARNER PAPERBACK LIBRARY

In Search of Frankenstein

London: New English Library, 1977

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

In Search of Dracula (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback Books

Little did the coauthors realize at the time they embarked upon this project over a glass of plum brandy in Bucharest more than twenty-five years ago, that their work would result in the discovery of the authentic, bloodthirsty prototype for Bram Stoker's famous novel Dracula." This pioneering study, first published in 1972, became a collector's item, so this fully updated edition is welcome indeed. The authors' pursuit of the notion that Vlad the Impaler (1431-76) was the original Dracula--through treks both antiquarian (in old libraries and museums) and geographic (in areas of Romania that were once Transylvania and Walachia)--has the thrill of an adventure story. In Search of Dracula is also an entertaining introduction to vampire lore and to people's obsession with Dracula. It has a delightful cover by Edward Gorey and numerous illustrations, including antique woodcuts of Vlad's impaled victims and photos from the authors' trips to Romania.

In Search of Dracula: A True History of Dracula and Vampire Legends

McNally, Raymond

NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY

Relates an investigation into the origins of Mary Shelley's novel and reviews the treatment of its theme on the stage and screen

Cazacu, Matei

Barbour, Alan G.

Little,Brown & Co

An annotated edition of Stoker's classic vampire tale, with photographs from film versions and notes on the historic background of the story

The Essential Dracula:  A Completely Illustrated & Annotated Edition of Bram Stoker's Classic Novel

Literature & Fiction

Stoker., Bram

United States

Mayflower Books

The Complete Dracula

Classics

Xanedu Pub

Journeying behind Robert Louis Stevenson's terrifying tale of horror, THe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the authors of In Search of Dracula explore the life and times of William Deacon Brodie, the real-life murderer who inspired the story, and Stevenson's fascination with Brodie's double life and the eighteenth-century Edinburgh that spawned him. 20,000 first printing.

In Search of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

History & Criticism

Renaissance Books

Known principally for his bestselling "In Search of Dracula", Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Radu Florescu now takes us on a magical tour of the origins of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, exploring both the myth and the history that has captivated so many since the Middle Ages, and has been immortalized in Browning's famous poem. There are intriguing insights and speculations on the genuine history on which the poet relied and an explanation for his choice of Transylvania as the end of the child exodus from Hamelin town. Most plausible is the author's adoption of the history of a German military leader, leading the youths on a colonizing expedition to the Baltic lands where they all perished in a shipwreck. The author also links the story of a genuine rat infestation in Hamelin with the child exodus - a good opportunity to examine that pest's nuisance value from the time of the great plague to the German siege of Stalingrad in World War II. All in all a thoroughly intriguing and well-written book. Dr. Florescu, Professor of History emeritus at Boston College, Consul emeritus of Romania for New England. He received his BA, MA and B. Lit. degrees from Oxford University (Christ Church College) and his Ph.

In Search of the Pied Piper

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Athena Press

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