Reexamines the life of Vlad 'the Impaler' Dracula, the fifteenth-century Romanian prince who served as a model for Bram Stoker's infamous vampire, in terms of the violent times in which he lived

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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. (view table of contents)

Traces the history and folklore of vampires

Reexamines the life of Vlad 'the Impaler' Dracula, the fifteenth-century Romanian prince who served as a model for Bram Stoker's infamous vampire, in terms of the violent times in which he lived

An unusual investigation into the bizarre life of Elizabeth Bathory, a wealthy and influential seventeenth-century countess in Eastern Europe who was accused of witchcraft, murder, and brutality