Author’s Note

Even the wildest fiction is based in fact.

I have tried not to take too many liberties with Bram Stoker, with his wife, Florence, with Ellen Terry and Sir Henry Irving. The following books proved helpful:

BRAM STOKER: Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving. 1907.

ELLEN TERRY: The Story of My Life. 1908.

EDWARD GORDON CRAIC: Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self. N.D.

RICHARD ELLMAN: Oscar Wilde. 1987.

H. CHANCE NEWTON (“Carados”): Cues and Curtain Calls. 1927.

The two biographies of Stoker were also invaluable:

HARRY LUDLAM: A Biography of Dracula: The Life Story of Bram Stoker. 1962.

DANIEL FARSON: The Man Who Wrote Dracula: A Biography of Bram Stoker. 1975.

(The latter volume gives details of Stoker’s death from syphilis in 1912.) I trust my story makes clear my admiration for Stoker.

As for Stoker’s wonderful fantasy, it exists in countless printings and editions, of which I have used three:

The old copy which terrified me as a boy, published by Rider & Co. N.D.

The World Classics edition, 1983, which contains an interesting Introduction by A. N. Wilson.

The Annotated Dracula. Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Leonard Wolf. Art by Satty. 1975. (Wolf includes a filmography.)

My earlier thoughts on Dracula appear in:

The Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature, Volume 1, edited by Frank N. Magill (Salem Press, 1983), and in Brian Aldiss and David Wingrove: Trillion Year Spree. 1986.