In Search of Dracula by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu
Paperback, 247 pages
1972, Warner Books
ISBN: 0446780693
Synopsis
McNally and Florescu, the authors of several Dracula-related titles, here trace the history of Vlad Tepes, a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler, the murderous Romanian prince upon whom Bram Stoker based his infamous blood-drinking count. The duo gathered their information from Romanian peasant oral history and firsthand archaeological research.
Review
A really disappointing read. I had assumed that the book would give a little bit of Vlad the Impaler's background and then focus on vampire history. It was like reading a history text on Romania and its battles with the Turks. Not at all what I was lead to believe it would be. It did give some limited vampire information once we got past the chapters and sub-chapters of the real Dracula.
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