

And there was a “real life.” Bram had found a blurry place between fact and fiction and that surely put a smile on the Irishman’s face.įor your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. There’s the graveyard, the Abbey, the dog, and of course, the ship - but it was called The Demeter, right? Not Dmitri… In the book, yes, but in real life it was Dmitri. On another page of his notes, the name Count Wampyr had recently been crossed out, replaced with Count Dracula and to Bram, it all made sense now.įor fans of the novel Dracula, the information above takes on a familiar note. The final piece of a decades-old puzzle, a story, slowly taking shape. Wallachians were accustomed to give it as a surname to any person who rendered himself conspicuous either by courage, cruel actions, or cunning.įour months earlier, at a dinner at the Beefsteak Club of the Lyceum Theater in London, Bram Stoker’s friend Arminius Vambery told him of the book, told him what to look for. Dracula in Wallachian language means DEVIL.
