Stories of Dracula have fascinated people around the world for
generations. Both the fictional vampire created by the Irish author Bram
Stoker at the end of the nineteenth century and the fifteenth century
Prince called Vlad the Impaler, the man regarded as the historical
Dracula, have become part of universal culture. Yet few realize that the
Wallachian ruler dubbed " the Impaler," is not the original Dracula.
Instead, that distinction belongs to his father, a little-known prince
called Vlad Dracul. Several books have been devoted to the study of his
famous son, Vlad the Impaler, but any search for the historical Dracula
must begin with the story of the father. Now, for the first time, based
on extensive documentary research, the true story of the man who founded
the Dracula dynasty is revealed.