Bram Stoker’s Dracula E-book
You can download Bram Stoker’s famous book Dracula here.
http://www.vladtepes.info/files/Stoker_Bram_Dracula.pdf
Or you can read online from here:
http://www.vladtepes.info/ebooks/Bram_Stoker_Dracula
Vlad Tepes Dracula’s Human Years
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Dracula’s (Vlad Tepes) Human Years |
Radu the Handsome, brother of Vlad Tepes
Radu cel Frumos (Radu the Handsome), (c. 1437/1439 – 1475), was the younger brother of Vlad Tepeş (Dracula) and voivode (prince) of the principality of Wallachia. They were both sons of Vlad II Dracul (Dracul : the dragon or devil), but by different mothers. They had two older brothers, Mircea II and Vlad Calugarul, both of whom would also rule Wallachia for a short period.
Vlad Tepes Dracula Portrait Gallery
Here are some portraits of Vlad Tepes.
Bram Stoker’s Life Chronology
1847 Born 8 November in Clontarf (Dublin), Ireland
Lived early childhood (bed-ridden) at 15 Marino Crescent Read more
Vlad Dracula: An intriguing figure in the fifteenth century
By Benjamin H. Leblanc
valmont@lanzen.net
M.Sc. Student, Sociology of Religion
University of Montreal, Canada
In less than two years from now the Count will celebrate his 100th birthday, and many Dracula enthusiasts from all around the world intend to underline this event. Of course, almost everybody has heard about this nosferatu: through movies featuring Max Schreck, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee or Gary Oldman; in several books - among which the recent Vampire Chronicles of Anne Rice; or even in bedtime stories told to us in our childhood. We all have an idea of who or what the Count is. However, on the other hand, Vlad Tepes Dracula, the historical figure who inspired Bram Stoker for his novel, is definitely less known. The centennial of the gothic masterpiece provides us with a good pretext to dive back into the life of this machiavellian fifteenth century leader - an initiative that will enable us to better appreciate the work of Stoker.
Life of Bram Stoker
Abraham (Bram) Stoker was born November 8, 1847 at 15 The Crescent, Clontarf, North of Dublin, the third of seven children. For the first 7 years of his life Stoker was bedridden with a myriad of childhood diseases which afforded him much time to reading. By the time he went to college, Stoker had somehow overcome his childhood maladies and while at Trinity College, Dublin, the honor student was involved in soccer and was a marathon running champion. He was also involved in various literary and dramatic activities, a precursor to his later interests in the theater and his involvement with the rising action Henry Irving, whose performance he had critiqued as a student at Trinity. After graduation from college, and in his father’s footsteps, he became a civil servant, holding the position of junior clerk in the Dublin Castle.
