Countess Elizabeth Bathory plays an even more sinister role than Dracula in the new book Dracula The Un-Dead, the sequel to the Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic classic "Dracula". Written by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker, Dracula The Un-Dead is an inspiration for the world's seemingly limitless fascination with vampires. Countess Elizabeth Bathory and another notorious legend, Jack the Ripper, make this Dracula sequel a new classic.
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Dracula's castle - or, in actuality, Hunedoara Castle, where the father of Vlad III, also known as the Vlad The Impaler, was imprisoned for seven years, opened to the public on June 1st. It is located in Transylvania, Romania.
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The Habsburg family said Wednesday that it wanted to sell a Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th century medieval ruler who inspired "Dracula" for Â60 million, or US$78 million, to the local authorities, an attorney said.
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