Neglected vampire classics - including tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood and others. Selected and introduced by Richard Dalby. The most famous vampire of them all is Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', published in 1897. But it was not the first piece
of fiction...
July, 1897. A valiant sea captain, a clever fugitive, a deceptive cook and a beautiful stowaway begin their journey from the unforgiving Black Sea to the misty shores of England. But hidden in the hold of the Russian schooner Demeter, an ancient predator with a lust...