Dracula The Vampire
Perhaps the most famous vampire of all times was Count Dracula. Many movies have used his character, but the novel, written by Bram Stoker, in 1897, played a very important role in his career as a well known vampire. The name of the book was “Dracula” and many say that this is the birth of the legend of the famous Count Dracula. Bram Stoker’s character in the Dracula novel, was compared to one of the best-known figures of the Romanian history - Vlad Dracula, nicknamed Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler).
Bran Castle
According to the legend, there was an old man, called Bran who had many sons and offered each of them one of his fifteen villages which were scattered along the road linking villages formed a real fortress, 30 kilometers far from Brasov, where Piatra Craiului Mountain detached from the massif of Bucegi. They were the perfect combination between natural and human elements. The pass was dominated by Bran Castle, built on a rock, which was mentioned in the same medieval documents under the name of “Lapis Theodorici”. It reminded the existence of an ancient Roman road which started from the banks of the Danube, continued through the pass of Bran and reached the center of Dacia, according to a fourth century map.
German Stories about Vlad Tepes Dracula
To this day there are certain legends of Vlad the Impaler that are commonly told around the world. Here are the most famous ones that you might of already heard:
The Real Prince Dracula
Yes, there was a real Dracula, and he was a true prince of darkness. He was Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad Tepes, meaning “Vlad the Impaler.” The Turks called him Kaziglu Bey, or “the Impaler Prince.” He was the prince of Walachia, but, as legend suggests, he was born in Transylvania, which at that time was ruled by Hungary.
The Family Tree of Dracula Dynasty
Below the family tree of Dracula dynasty.
Movies and Documentaries on Dracula
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) — Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder; DVD Keep Case
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Superbit Collection) (1992) — Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder; DVD Keep Case
- Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) — Christopher Lee; VHS English
- Dracula (1931) — Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler; VHS English
- Dracula : The True Story — VHS
- In Search of History:Real Dracula — VHS
- The Impaler - a biographical/historical look at Vlad the Impaler, widely known as Dracula. — VHS
Books about Vlad Tepes
- The Making of a Vampire: Vlad the Impaler,
Paracelsus, Rabbi Lowe, St. Gernmain, Dracula — Alexander Sendrea; Paperback - Vlad The Impaler: Blood Prince Of Wallachia —
Dr. Mike Bennighof, John R. Phythyon Jr.; Mass Market Paperback - Dracula, Prince of Many Faces His Life and His
Times — R. Radu/McNally Florescu (Author); Paperback - Dracula : a biography of Vlad the Impaler,
1431-1476 — Radu Florescu; Unknown Binding - Coppola and Eiko on Bram Stoker’s Dracula —
Francis Ford Coppola, et al; Hardcover - Dracula — Elizabeth Miller; Hardcover
- Dracula — Bram Stoker, Leonard Wolf
(Introduction); Mass Market Paperback - In Search of Dracula : The History of Dracula and
Vampires — Radu Florescu (Author), Raymond T. McNally (Author); Paperback - Dracula: The Connoisseur’s Guide — Leonard
Wolf; Paperback - Vlad Tepes : mit si realitate istorica — Emil
Stoian; Unknown Binding
