Irish writer Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847-1912) was already a successful member of the London elite as a theater impresario, when in 1890 he met the Hungarian orientalist professor Ármin Vámbéry, who first told him about the former Havasaföld prince II. About the legend of Vlad Tepes. After that, with six years of research work, mainly in libraries - he had never been to Eastern Europe - he created the most famous and terrifying vampire in the world and in the history of literature.
Dracula was published in 1897: in the form of a novel of letters and diaries; providing its author with worldwide fame with his stifled erotic horror. According to the story, Jonathan Harker, a young lawyer from London, travels to the Transylvanian Carpathians to the castle of the wealthy Count Dracula to help the lord of the castle buy a property in England. He has no idea what he actually owes the invitation to, what Dracula is planning, and what horrors he is about to unleash on the world with his hellish plan. By the time Harker finds out, there's only one person left to help: vampirology expert Dr. Abraham van Helsing. Teaming up with him, Jonathan tries to "save the world", including himself and his bride, Mina - with garlic, sunlight, the sign of the cross and a stake stuck in the heart...