Dracula: A Biography of Vlad the Impaler, 1431-1476

x, 239 pp. Illustrated with map, paintings, and photographs. A biography of the real historical figure upon which the mythology of Dracula was based. Contents include: Introduction; Fifteenth-Century Wallachia and the Ottoman Conquest in East Central Europe; Vlad II, Dracul and Dracula's Youth (1437-1456); Dracula's Principal Reign (1456-1462): Domestic and Transylvanian Policy; Dracula's Foreign Policy and the Turkish Campaign of 1461-1462; Imprisonment, Third Reign, and Assassination (1462-1476); Dracula's Heirs; Dracula in Literature--From Hero to Vampire; Son of the Devil, Vampire, or Tactician of Terror'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.