has anyone read about vlad dracula


i have recently gone through this book called "the historian" by elizabeth kostova and liked it much as it throws gr8 deal of light on the life of vlad the impaler.in fact after reading this book i want to read more about this romanian warlord if any of know pla suggest some books.(please don't come up with bram strokers work

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http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/vlad/index_1.html

They done some really good research on Vlad the Impaler here. Also, there's a bibliography listed so you will have an additional reading list as well.

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Try the books by Radu Florescu & Raymond McNally- Dracula His Life and Times or In Search of Dracula...There's a few others but can't think of them at the moment :(

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Dracula: Prince of Many Faces is the better of their books on him. A truly fascinating person. And I remain convinced that crime library took most or all of their information from the same book.

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My history professor is a descendant of Vlad Tepes.I can tell you that every movie I have seen about Tepes is always connected to vampires,which is geting pretty stupid at this point. A movie about the real Vlad Tepes would be just as good as any vampire movie without the CGI or special effects.It would probobly look similar to BRAVEHEART.Apparently,the movie studios do not want to sell Tepes as a real historical figure.

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The Florescu/McNally work is probably the best. It's pretty factual, even clinical in its account, but it contains the best-researched info. It's particularly in-depth with John (or Jonas) Hunyadi, and Castle Poienari, which was Tepes' fortress in the mountains outside of Tirgoviste'. His first wifes suicide (jumping off a tower into the Arges river hundreds of feet below just before the Turks attack) is well-documented.

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The Florescu/McNally work is probably the best. It's pretty factual, even clinical in its account, but it contains the best-researched info. It's particularly in-depth with John (or Jonas) Hunyadi,


Janos Hunyadi, Janos, for goodnes's sake!

His first wifes suicide (jumping off a tower into the Arges river hundreds of feet below just before the Turks attack) is well-documented.


Well documented where? By the way, during his reign Turks never went into Wallachia as far as to Tirgoviste (Mehmed's army retreated before they reached the Wallachian capital), not saying about Poienari which lies almost on the border with Transilvania. And yes, this is well documented fact. More, the sources are silent about any other wife than the Transilvanian noblewoman, supposedly Schilagyi, who gave birth to his two, later hungarized, sons. Of course we know that before he got married he had some woman who gave him his eldest son Mihnea cel Rau, but the sources are silent about what happened with her and if she was his lover or wife.

And if you call believing in anything Saxons wrote in their prints (which were, essentially, a black PR campaign aimed in Vlad) "the best researched info" I don't have any more questions.



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His first wifes death is actually quite well documented. And the Turks' surrounding of Poenari (which precipitated her apparent suicide) is also pretty clear.

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there is a film called "Vlad Tepes" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141966/ which is considered by many to be the most historically accurate. However, the film is in its native tongue and there are no English subtitles (at least the one I saw). But if you understand Romanian, then feel free to watch.

Everyone here already mentioned works by Florsecu and McNally, but there is one more book that is highly recommended:

Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula by Kurt W. Treptow is regarded as the best Vlad book, because it is the better researched one. However because it has only one edition and is out of print, there are limited copies available and is very expensive. Alibris.com has some used copies available. Your local libraries may have the book too. Out of all the libraries in my city, only two copies were available through online request only, as they have not yet been shelved in any specific library.

this website also has a ton of resources regarding information about Vlad:
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/Balkan/Dracula.html


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Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula

Ive got that book if your interested in buying it

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there is a film called "Vlad Tepes" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141966/ which is considered by many to be the most historically accurate. However, the film is in its native tongue and there are no English subtitles (at least the one I saw). But if you understand Romanian, then feel free to watch.


I've seen that movie on (Yugoslavian) TV as a kid, but I'm not sure if it's really that historically accurate? As far as I remember, he was rather idealized, portrayed only as a hero with his atrocities mostly swept aside. Which probably has something to do with the fact that Ceausescu considered Vlad Tepes a national hero.


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Here is the movie with english subtitles. You need to press captions button under the video to add subtitles.

Search on youtube:

(1982) Vlad the Impaler - The True Life of Dracula UNCUT [English subtitles]

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you guys should read DRACULA PRINCE OF MANY FACES by Radu R. Florescu and Raymond T.McNally it gives many informations about the life and the world of Vlad III. I highly recommend it. The Historian is also really nice but also not accurate.

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I've read quite a bit about the real Vlad III Dracul and I frankly do not agree with the history of him being a blood drinker of his enemies as factual or true.

Remember history is written by the victors so they had to paint as evil a person as they could to discredit his name sake for all time.

From Wikipedia:

Allegedly, Vlad's reputation for cruelty was actively promoted by Matthias Corvinus, who tarnished Vlad's reputation and credibility for a political reason: as an explanation for why he had not helped Vlad fight the Ottomans in 1462, for which purpose he had received money from most Catholic states in Europe.[6] Matthias employed the charges of Southeastern Transylvania, and produced fake letters of high treason, written on 7 November 1462.


Then Bram Stoker comes along with his novel in 1897 and pretty much seals the deal with a fabricated history of one of Wallachia's greatest rulers.

I feel certain the reason why that happened was because of the true history of Vlad impaling his enemies and the forest of 20,000 impaled that so revolted the Ottomans that they turned back from that particular invasion into Wallachia.

Vlad is still known as a hero to his people and his country, now part of Romania.

Noble Vlad tried to rule his tiny kingdom in an honorable manner but his enemies were too great, he was outnumbered in every area, so the Turks killed him in battle which was a most honorable death for a ruler of that era and the rumors began running rampant.

That's my take, anyway.

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