{"product_id":"dracula-9789004347250","title":"Dracula","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in French in 2004, Matei Cazacu’s Dracula remains the most authoritative scholarly biography of the Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler (1448, 1456-1462, 1476). Its core is an exhaustively researched reconstruction of Dracula’s life and political career, using original sources in more than nine languages. In addition Cazacu traces Dracula’s metamorphosis, at the hands of contemporary propagandists, into variously a bloodthirsty tyrant, and an early modern “great sovereign.” Beyond this Cazacu explores Dracula’s transformation into “the vampire prince” in literature, film and folklore, with surprising new discoveries on Bram Stoker’s sources for his novel.  In this first English translation, the text and bibliography are updated, and readers are provided with an appendix of the key sources for Dracula’s life, in fresh and accurate English translations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is the new standard for Dracula studies. Summing Up: Essential.\" W. L. Urban, Monmoth College, in: CHOICE 55.6 (2018).    \"Bram Stoker’s iconic depiction of Dracula left a lasting mark on portrayals of vampires in popular culture. However, as Matei Cazacu outlines in his careful study of Vlad Tepes III (the Impaler), the biography of the Wallachian prince is far more complex and nuanced than the figure’s portrait in gothic fiction. In Stephen Reiner’s new edited version, which offers a clear, crisp translation of Cazacu’s French original with an updated bibliography, students and scholars alike will find edifying material on the history of Vlad III and the ways in which he appeared in German, Russian, Latin, and Balkan accounts... This first translation of Matei Cazacu’s Dracula conveys the richness of the original and the depth of the source material consulted in the biography of Vlad III. The accuracy devoted to the text by the editor and translators is admirable. Dracula will undoubtedly prove useful in curricula focusing on folklore, history, and medieval studies. It opens to English-readers the complexity of Vlad III’s rule and the ways in which his legacy was utilized in history, literature, and film.\" Colleen Lucey, Univserity of Arizona, in: The Polish Review 64.1 (2019).    \"[Cazacu's] intimate knowledge of the primary sources, his impressive command of languages, and his overall erudition are truly impressive. But what makes this book a truly compelling read is the author's skilled storytelling. Cazacu is a raconteur, and the book's appeal and considerable success... is due to its ability to address two audiences at once. The book is academically solid and showcases a wide breadth of scholarship, but it does not shy away from blood and gore... The book is a treat for readers interested in Vlad\/Dracula or in the fifteenth-century history of Wallachia\". Marian Comaon, in: Renaissance Quarterly 73.4 (2020).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the 2004 Edition, by Matei Cazacu Introduction to the 2004 Edition, by Matei Cazacu Introduction to the English Translation, by Stephen W. Reinert Abbreviations List of Illustrations, Genealogies, and Map Map and Genealogies  1 Exile as a Way of Life  “A Fortress on the Water”   The Basarab Dynasty   Mircea the Old   The Ottoman Danger   Wallachia—Strategic and Economic Issues   The Succession Crisis of 1420   Vlad Dracul’s Youth   Transylvania, Land of Welcome   Vlad Dracul, Protector of Transylvanians   Finally, the Throne of Wallachia  2 A Prince and His Sons (1436–1448)  A Peace Treaty with Murad II  The Remarriage of Vlad Dracul  Murad II’s 1438 Campaign in Transylvania  Vladislav, King of Poland and Hungary  János Hunyadi, Defender of the Transylvanian Frontier  Vlad Dracul, Prisoner of the Turks  The Disaster of Varna  The Campaign of 1445 on the Danube  The Conflict with János Hunyadi and the Death of Vlad Dracul  Vladislav II Installed on the Wallachian Throne  3 First Reign and New Exile (1448–1456)  A Transylvanian Childhood  A Wallachian Adolescence  Hostage in Ottoman Territory (1444–1448)  Dracula’s First Reign (1448)  Exile in Moldavia  The Accord with János Hunyadi  4 The Reign (1456–1462)  “Mark of Red Iron”  “A Fierce and Dreadful Appearance”  The Princely Council of Wallachia  Wallachian Society in the Fifteenth Century  Very Restless Neighbors  “To Rule and Govern Accordingly”  Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458)  Vlad Dracula Alone Against Everyone  Bloody Easter  “And Beheaded Him Near His Tomb . . .”  A Moldavian Danger?  5 The Conqueror of Constantinople  Five Hundred Young Men  Dracula’s Danubian Campaign  Alone Against the Turks  Warrior of the Night  Radu the Handsome Assumes Power  Crusade or Internal Peace?   6 Propaganda, Exile, and Death (1463–1476)  The Improbable Treachery  The 1463 German Pamphlet  The Hungarian Manipulation  Dracula’s Liberation  “But He Was Pierced by Many Lances . . .”  A Face Covered With a Silk Cloth  Vlad and Mihnea: The Children of “The Devil”  The Descendants of the Sons of the Impaler  7 Tyrant or Great Sovereign?  The Evolving Die Geschicht Dracole Waide (The History of Voievod Dracula)  The Incarnation of Evil  A Pious Prince?  Dracula “The Beloved”  Discovery of the Russian Accounts of Dracula  The Tale of Voievod Dracula, A Political Manual Used by Ivan III  Laonikos Chalkokondyles  In the Entourage of Mahmud Pasha  Chalkokondyles’ Disappearance   8 Dracula and Bram Stoker  Of Bats in General . . .  . . . and of Dracula in Particular  “Not On the Lips But On the Throat . . .”  Stoker a Plagiarist?  Marie Nizet and her Captain Vampire  The Romanian “Journey” of Marie Nizet  A Family History  Billy the Kid Versus Dracula  A New Golden Age  9 The Vampire in Romania  How to Proceed with a Strigoi  The Vampire’s Identity Card  The Christianization of Vampirism  Vitamin C, Weapon Against Vampires  Conclusion Dead Vampires and Living Vampires  Appendix Chronology  Geschichte Dracole Waide (Anonymous, 1463)  Von ainem wutrich der hies Trakle waida von der Walachei (Michel Beheim, 1416–1474)  ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞEΙΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΩΝ: Historiarum Demonstrationes (Laonikos Chalkokondyles c. 1423–c.1474)  Skazanie o Dracole voevode (Fyodor Kuritsyn 1486)  Die Geschicht Dracole Waide (Anonymous, 1488)  Glossary Illustrations Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210714407255,"sku":"9789004347250","price":150.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dracula-9789004347250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}