In the Shadow of Empires

A NARRATIVE OF THE HISTORIC VLAD DRACULA, THE EVENTS HE SHAPED AND THE EVENTS THAT SHAPED HIM. IT FOLLOWS VLAD DRACULA FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE AND SPECIFICALLY AVOIDS DISCUSSING VAMPIRES, APART FROM WHERE IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO LINK THE HISTORIC PERSON TO NINETEENTH CENTURY FICTION WRITING. WRITTEN BY AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLER, WHO SPENT 9 YEARS LIVING IN TRANSYLVANIA, AND COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WAS NO DRACULA. THE BOOK IS FACTUAL BUT WRITTEN IN A LIGHT AND ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE AIMED AT A GENERAL, RATHER THAN ACADEMIC, AUDIENCE.