Dracula

The name of Dracula is derived from romanian language - Draculea - the son of Devil ( rum: Dracul ), Vlad Dracul having this name from the king of Hungary, depicting a dragon.

Vlad Tepes, the son of Vlad Dracul, was born in 1431, probably at the Royal Court from Targoviste ( Romania ) and his officially name was Vladislau I Basarab-Luxemburg. The historians turks gave him the name of " Tepes " and this is the name as is known in romanian history. He used to sign with the name of his father, Dracul. This signature it was proven in an act of donation at 20 september 1459, which mention for the first time the name of Bucharest ( the capital of Romania ). The nickname " Tepes " ( Impaler ) has the nickname because he was considered a bloodthirsty despot who has established for the first time that punitive measures, impalement.
Dracula's renown reached Western Europe through the Transylvanian cities of Brasov in the Saxon merchants who offered shelter to those who candidate for the throne against the Romanian Vlad Tepes.



Bram Stoker's Dracula is an invented character possibly based on the book History of Moldavia and Wallachia by Johann Christian Engel where Vlad Tepes is described as a bloody tyrant, or real characters in the history of Europe. Immortality comes from the Count St. Germain, the name of the Wallachian prince Vlad Tepes Dracula called.
The novel consists of letters and diary entries by the main characters in this book, Stoker story occasionally supplement newspaper articles.
The story begins with Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer who reach Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania lands, to complete a transaction with a nobleman named Dracula.
During his trip through Transylvania, he is warned by locals about the destination he need to go, giving objects to defend, such as crucifixes, from the evil that he expects. At first, Harker is surprised by manners count, but after a few days to discover that is a prisoner in his castle. One night, while searching for a way out of the castle, Count Dracula, even if told not to leave the room at night, is attacked by three beautiful and seductive vampire.