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Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. An epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula.
- Dracula (Disambiguation)
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Bram Stoker. Dracula may also...
- Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was...
- Count Dracula
Transylvanian noble [8] Voivode [9] Solomonari [10] King...
- Folklore of Romania
Romanian teens in traditional clothes are dancing A...
- Brides of Dracula
The Brides of Dracula are fictional characters in Bram...
- Vlad The Impaler
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad...
- Castle Dracula
Castle Dracula. Count Dracula climbing down the wall of his...
- Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Hungarian: Báthori...
- Abhartach
Abhartach (pronounced [ˈəuɾˠt̪ˠəx]; Irish for 'dwarf'), also...
- Dracula (Disambiguation)
- His family name means “dragon” The name Dracul was given to Vlad’s father Vlad II by his fellow knights who belonged to a Christian crusading order known as the Order of the Dragon.
- He was born in Wallachia, present-day Romania. Vlad III was born in 1431 in the state of Wallachia, now the southern portion of present-day Romania. It was one of the three principalities that made up Romania at the time, along with Transylvania and Moldova.
- He was held hostage for 5 years. In 1442, Vlad accompanied his father and his 7-year-old brother Radu on a diplomatic mission in the heart of the Ottoman Empire.
- His father and brother were both killed. Upon his return, Vlad II was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by local war lords known as the boyar. He was killed in the marshes behind his house while his oldest son, Mircea II, was tortured, blinded and buried alive.
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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. His brutality against enemy troops consisted of having them sit ...
How a medieval prince inspired the world's most iconic monster. By 9News Staff. 7:45am Oct 30, 2022. Dracula made his debut in the 1897 novel of the same name, written by Irish author Bram Stoker ...
Dec 15, 2022 · The man who would become Vlad the Impaler was born in 1431, the second son of nobleman Vlad II Dracul. He was raised in a world of violent instability, in a zone of Christian Europe under continual threat of Ottoman invasion in the aftermath of Constantinople falling to the Turks in 1453. At just 11, the young Vlad was held hostage in the ...
