Dracula FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Count from Transylvania Bruce Scivally 9781617136009

EDracula FAQE unearths little-known facts about both the historical and literary Dracula. The 15th-century warlord Vlad III known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula (son of the Dragon) became a legendary figure in his native Wallachia. Four hundred years later Irish author Bram Stoker appropriated Dracula's name for a vampire novel he spent seven years researching and writing.THConsidered one of the great classics of Gothic literature EDraculaE went on to inspire numerous stage plays musicals movies and TV adaptations a with actors as diverse as Bela Lugosi John Carradine Christopher Lee Jack Palance Frank Langella Louis Jourdan Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler taking on the role of the vampire king. And with Dracula proving the popularity of vampires other bloodsuckers rose from their graves to terrify book movie and TV audiences a from Barnabas Collins of EDark ShadowsE to EThe Night StalkerE to the vampires of ETrue BloodE on the small screen and EInterview with the VampireE and ETwilightE on the big screen. More recently Dracula has been resurrected for a TV series starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and a feature film starring Luke Evans. EDracula FAQE covers all of these and more including the amazing stories of real-life vampires!

About the Author
BRUCE SCIVALLY (Chicago) is the author of several books on film history, including James Bond: The Legacy, Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway, and Billion Dollar Batman. After spending 22 years working in the film industry in Los Angeles, he moved to Chicago, where he teaches scriptwriting and film history classes at the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago and Columbia College.


Book Information
ISBN 9781617136009
Author Bruce Scivally
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Backbeat Books
Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
Series FAQ
Weight(grams) 626g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 23mm