- Hardcover: 261 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (Oct 31 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316286559
- ISBN-13: 978-0316286558
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #600,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The fictional Dracula of Bram Stoker's novel is better known than the actual Vlad Dracula the Impaler, who ruled as prince of Wallachia for three brief periods in the mid-15th century. This study by two Boston College professors who have written other books about Dracula explores how the legend of the Transylvanian vampire arose. As a ruler, Dracula spread terror far and wide, inflicting appalling tortures on his victims, killing them by impalement, by boiling or skinning them alive. Yet when the time came to defend Europe against Turkish invaders, he led the battle, and the authors view him as "the first modern Renaissance prince of the land." Florescu and McNally offer so much detail about the battles of kings, princes, princelings and claimants to thrones that the book will appeal only to the most ardent Dracula fanatics. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Dracula is the third book that Florescu and McNally, both historians at Boston College, have written about either the real Dracula or the legendary vampire ( Dracula: A Historical Biography of the Impaler, 1431-1476 , Hawthorn, 1973; LJ 2/1/74). This scholarly work focuses almost exclusively upon the "real" Dracula, a 15th-century Romanian prince. The authors present him as a multifaceted figure, a national hero still revered for defending Romania from the Turks, yet also a psychopath who used his power indiscriminately to torture and murder thousands of his enemies and subjects. Because of the constant interest in the occult (especially in the vampire Dracula), public libraries will want this for popular collections. Because of its sound treatment of an important figure in Eastern European history, academic libraries also should consider.
- Ann H. Sullivan, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll. Lib., Dryden,
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Ann H. Sullivan, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll. Lib., Dryden,
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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THE real Dracula, who ruled the territories that now constitute Romania, was born in 1431, the year that Joan of Arc was burned as a witch at the stake of Rouen, France. Read the first page
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THE real Dracula, who ruled the territories that now constitute Romania, was born in 1431, the year that Joan of Arc was burned as a witch at the stake of Rouen, France. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
THE Definitive Book on the Man Behind the Myth,
By phimseto (Chestnut Hill, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times (Paperback)
In an earlier review I wrote regarding Dr. McNally's work on Robert Louis Stevenson, I noted that I had been a student of his in college. In reviewing this book, rather than discuss the meat of what lies within, I thought I would relate a couple of stories related to me by Professor McNally.The first is that the opening of Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula film was inspired directly by the writings in McNally and Florescu's two Dracula books, although there was a bit of tiff over the fact no credit was given. The second tidbit came later in that semester, when I caught an "In Search Of..." episode on A&E which detailed the search for Dracula's castle and featured some rube gumming happily to the camera over his discovery. Well, the next day I tracked down the Professor and mentioned it to him. Befitting his status as the "Dracula professor", he let out this deep, rumbling and, well...evil, laugh. He was well acquainted with the special, and the simple fact was the castle in the special was the wrong one! In fact, as Prof. McNally evidenced in class soon after with a nifty little highlight video from the late 70's/early '80's, he and Radu Florescu had gained their noteriety by being the ones to find and prove which castle belonged to the historical Vlad. These two stories evidenced for me, and ought to evidence for the prospective buyer, that Ray McNally and his longtime associate Radu Florescu are the definitive academics on the historical Vlad and the legend of Dracula. If you are interested in the man and the myth, then you need go no further than "Dracula: Prince of Many Faces" and "In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires".
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dracula Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times (Paperback)
This book was very good in my opinion because it gave more insight than most books about the time period of the famous Wallachian Prince Vlad III Dracula. In order to get the full effect of the book, one must understand the values of the people at that time. Prince Vlad III Dracula was a brilliant tactical warrior and understood the psychology of the invading Turks, which is where he gets his more infamous exploits. Many books tend to leave out how many rulers and conquerers did vicious and terrible things to secure order and maintain the peace. Prince Vlad III Dracula was no different than Richard the Lionheart, El Cid, or Atilla the Hun. This book dispels more of the myth and reveals the man in the times that changed him.
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Okay.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times (Paperback)
The authors are abit long winded and I got bogged down by all of the names and dates. But is it interesting. I wish that there were more pictures.
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