Great nephew of Bram Stoker in Scotland to search for the woman who inspired Dracula
The great-nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker is visiting Scotland to research an almost-forgotten writer credited with inspiring the story.
He is now being joined by researchers, including an academic from the University of Glasgow, to explore her writing and her legacy. Bram wrote sections of Dracula during his summer holidays in the Aberdeenshire coastal village of Cruden Bay.Image caption,Dacre, an author and lecturer who has written both a prequel and a sequel to Dracula, believes Ms Gerard was behind much of the superstitions which featured in his great-uncle's book."Emily Gerard wrote an essay for the 19th Century magazine called Transylvanian Superstitions and followed it up with her book, Land Beyond the Forest.
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