Chapman Paul M., Stoker Bram:
Birth Of A Legend
Count Dracula, Bram Stoker And Whitby Incorporating The 1897 Text Of Bram Stoker's Dracula
G.H.Smith & Son (United Kingdom), 2007
Paperback, 272 pages
Size: 241x170 mm
ISBN: 9780904775211
ISBN-10: 0904775216
List price: £12.99
You save: 30%
Birth Of A Legend
Count Dracula Bram Stoker and Whitby - Incorporating the 1897 text of Bram Stokers Dracula. In the summer of 1890, Bram Stoker possibly at the suggestion of his employer, the eminent Victorian actor Henry Irving took a holiday in the picturesque and atmospheric Yorkshire fishing port of Whitby. At the time he was working on a horror novel, in which, due to its impact on his susceptible imagination, the town would feature in a number of memorable scenes. An obscure book in a local library also provided the name of the novels villain and, ultimately, its title: Dracula.Birth of a Legend provides a comprehensive account of Stokers Online campaignand traditonal advertising plus book launch at the Whitby Goth Festival - Royal Hotel, Whitby
