Still Waters Posted February 4, 2016 #1 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Blood-sucking vampire Count Dracula wasn't from Transylvania - but from DEVON, according to a new book. Writer Andy Struthers claims that rather than Vlad the Impaler, author Bram Stoker took his inspiration for the famous virgin killer from a priest based in the Westcountry. Andy's new book says the Gothic character is actually based on the works of Sabine Baring-Gould from Exeter - who would have preferred drinking cider to blood. http://www.plymouthh...tail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted February 4, 2016 #2 Share Posted February 4, 2016 If Werewolves are from London it only makes sense that Dracula is from Devon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros of Skaro Posted February 4, 2016 #3 Share Posted February 4, 2016 World Dracula Congress??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted February 4, 2016 #4 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I thought he was from Schenectady. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldon Posted February 5, 2016 #5 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Am I the only one who rubs one's eyes and shakes one's head reading "Broker" instead of Stoker? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.E.H Fan Posted February 5, 2016 #6 Share Posted February 5, 2016 This is just an attempt by Struthers to attract some attention for his book. Stoker like all authors will have taken inspiration from many different sources on a subconscious level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Cooper Merrin Posted February 5, 2016 #7 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Due respect for his gringo dedication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted February 6, 2016 #8 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) World Dracula Congress??? To be perfect, it only needs an Elvis act. Edited February 6, 2016 by PersonFromPorlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonmoon999 Posted February 7, 2016 #9 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hahaha. Well, I like the movie "Translyvania". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codenwarra Posted February 10, 2016 #10 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Having read some of Baring-Gould's yarns, I'm not surprised if Stoker picked up an idea or two from there, then pushed the story over to a wild and woolly part of Eastern Europe and embroidered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted February 10, 2016 #11 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) A vampire from Devon can't be that scary. He'd prefer cider to blood and rather than biting necks he'd prefer to bite clotted cream fudge and pasties. But he might get a bit p***ed off if Plymouth Argyle lose to Exeter City, so you never know what he'd do then. Edited February 10, 2016 by Black Monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe Posted February 13, 2016 #12 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Who cares ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted February 13, 2016 #13 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This story only serves to show how a vested interest produces bias. Dracula was named specifically for the infamous Wallachian nobleman, so to claim Stoker took his inspiration from a vampire tale set in Devon is ridiculous. At most, Mr Struthers might be able to claim that Stoker read Baring-Gould's works and, as a nod towards them gave his vampire-hunter (not the vampire himself) a Devonian origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted February 13, 2016 #14 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) This story only serves to show how a vested interest produces bias. Dracula was named specifically for the infamous Wallachian nobleman, so to claim Stoker took his inspiration from a vampire tale set in Devon is ridiculous. I don't agree. Stoker could easily have taken his inspiration for Dracula from a vampire tale set in Devon and then, when trying to concoct a name for his now-famous vampire, decided to call him Dracula after Vlad the Impaler, who was also named Dracula. Edited February 13, 2016 by Black Monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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