Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula

by David J. Skal

Book Overview

First published in 1897, Dracula has had a long and multifaceted afterlife--one rivaling even its immortal creation; yet Bram Stoker has remained a hovering specter in this pervasive mythology. In Something in the Blood, David J. Skal exhumes the inner world and strange genius of the writer who birthed an undying cultural icon, painting an astonishing portrait of the age in which Stoker was born--a time when death was no metaphor but a constant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631490109
• ISBN13: 9781631490101
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"