Sunday, October 25, 2009

In Search of Dracula by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu

Book Details
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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