Also known as Vlad III and Vlad Tepes, the 15th-century ruler of the Romanian region of Wallachia is widely thought to be the ...

Dracula — Vlad Tepes — is a complex figure who warrants both empathy and frustrated disdain, as his actions, although cruel, stem from a brand of grief so pure and human that it is difficult ...

An editor decided The Un-Dead would not be suitable but by then Stoker had changed the character’s name to Dracula, a nickname associated with historical Romanian ruler Vlad Tepes. It's a ...

Wilkinson’s book discussed a prince from the 15th Century - Vlad Tepes (more famously known as “Vlad the Impaler” because he impaled his enemies on wooden spikes). Vlad was known locally by ...