Recording what he witnessed in his diary, Bram unravels the extraordinary story of what the Stoker family believe was not meant to serve as a purely fictional fable but as a real warning of the true evils inflicting the human race. Or rather, how this vampire turned into a bitter, twisted and callous member of the undead. The reader is also introduced to Dracula for the first time, and we begin to understand exactly how this monster came into being. Through the pages of this epic tale we find out more about the Stoker family – his parents and two of his siblings – Thornley and Matilda – and the mystifying nanny, Ellen Crone. Yet, here he is years later, at the grand age of 22 locked in an abbey tower protecting those he cares about from a vile, ungodly being.ĭracul is a dramatic, and at times terrifying, story of Bram’s early life. Living in Clontarf, Ireland, Stoker was bedridden and close to death stricken by an illness that no doctor was able to truly diagnose.

The novel begins with us finding out more about the sickly child that Bram once was.

Have you ever read Dracula by Bram Stoker? For some, it is perhaps one of the best examples of classic gothic literature ever written and if this is a genre that appeals, then Dracul, the prequel to Dracula, written in part by Dacre Stoker, the great grand-nephew of the famous author, is a novel to add to your ‘To Be Read’ pile.ĭrawing on both the notes left behind by Bram Stoker himself and family history, Dracul, is said to be, on the whole, rooted in truth.

Dracula by Dacre Stoker