Historical accounts of the undead who returned from the grave to drink human blood!
From the cobblestone streets of medieval Europe, across the vastness of Asia
and the jungles of Africa, to the haunted forests of New England in the 20th
century, the author brings his researches to life in over fifty narratives and
case histories.
Have you ever wondered whether or not vampires actually exist? Whether they are
merely folk tales or real creatures that walk the same world we do? Donald F.
Glut's classic survey of the historical record provides food for thought and
fascinating insights into the sanguinary world of True Vampires of History.
Donald F. Glut is a world-recognized authority on monsters. His books, The
Dinosaur Dictionary and Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, were included by
the American Library Association in their lists of best reference books of the
year. And his The Dracula Book and The Frankenstein Catalog were
both recipients of the annual Ann Radcliffe Award from the Count Dracula
Society. In addition to hundreds of articles on monsters real and fictive,
Glut’s other books include Classic Movie Monsters, Jurassic Classics:
A Collection of Saurian Essays, Mesozoic Musings, The
Frankenstein Legend, True Vampires of History, and True
Werewolves of History.
He has also written three vampire novels, directed and executive-produced three
feature-length movies featuring Dracula, and regularly writes stories for Vampiress
Carmilla magazine. He is probably best known for his novelization of the
movie The Empire Strikes Back.
