What a stunning book this is. Jan Perkowski has selected from various primary and secondary sources, narrowing the field to precisely those areas in which the original Slavic vampire was “born” in
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
Vampires are the most fearsome and fascinating of all creatures of folklore. For the first time, detailed accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures are gathered in
The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer “A fascinating comparison of the original vampire myths to their later literary transformations.” ―Adam Morton, author of On Evil “From the
Before Twilight and True Blood, even before Buffy and Anne Rice and Bela Lugosi, vampires haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers everywhere indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker’s legendary
In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends. From the tale of a sixteenth-century shoemaker
“The Vampire – His Kith and Kin” is a 1928 work by English clergyman and author Montague Summers. Within it, Summers discusses the vampire phenomena from a Catholic point of view, offering
This volume analyses the role of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and its sequels in the evolution of the Gothic. As well as the transformation of the Gothic location―from castles, cemeteries and churches to
This biography explores the life of the 16th-century “Blood Countess” of Hungary, Erzsébet Báthory. Reputed to be both a vampire and the world’s worst female serial killer, she allegedly bathed in the
If you want to discover the captivating history of Vlad the Impaler, then keep reading… The Balkans were the home of both the vampiric stories and a monarch, whose name became synonymous
This is the story of Elisabeth Bathory, a 17th-century Transylvanian countess. She was tried as a vampire and became an inspiration for depraved murderers up to the present day.;Based on research conducted
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