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Oct 2, 2018 · In the book, yes, but in real life it was Dmitri. And there was a “real life.” Bram had found a blurry place between fact and fiction and that surely put a smile on the Irishman’s face.
Aug 22, 2017 · Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) and Bram Stoker (1847–1912) were contemporaries as well as members of the same literary circles (Hardy often attended performances at the Lyceum Theater, which Stoker...
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Oct 14, 2016 · Most scholars believe that Bram Stoker based his evil count Dracula on a real-life 15th-century prince in Wallachia, Romania. Vlad Dracula (Vlad Son of the Dragon) or Vlad Tepes ( Vlad the Impaler ), as his story has come down through history, was a terrible man and a savage ruler.
According to most historians, his mother was either a daughter (Princess Cneajna of Moldavia) or a kinswoman (Eupraxia of Moldavia) of Alexander I of Moldavia and the first wife of his father.
Sep 15, 2022 · Dacre Stoker, the famed author's great-grandnephew, was invited to Sligo, Ireland, by the local Bram Stoker Society, where he confirmed a cholera epidemic in town in 1832 inspired the story of Dracula. Bran Stoker's mother, Charlotte, grew up in Sligo.
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Stoker was the third of seven children (his siblings were: Sir (William) Thornley Stoker, born in 1845; Mathilda, born 1846; Thomas, born 1850; Richard, born 1852; Margaret, born 1854; and George, born 1855).
Oct 16, 2021 · In conversation with Dacre Stoker International bestselling author and recognised expert on Bram Stoker´s work, Bram's great grand-nephew tells us about Dracula and his creator.
