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Dracula (BBC Tie-in edition)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Dracula (BBC Tie-in edition)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bram Stoker
Foreword by Mark Gatiss
Foreword by Steven Moffat
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126
Category/GenreClassic horror and ghost stories
ISBN/Barcode 9781785945168
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Ebury Publishing
Imprint BBC Books
Publication Date 2 January 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The official tie-in edition of Bram Stoker's iconic vampire novel, accompanying the BBC series with a foreword by producers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat "We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things." Bram Stoker's classic horror novel tells the story of English lawyer Jonathan Harker. Travelling to Transylvania to meet his reclusive client, Count Dracula, Harker soon discovers Dracula's true nature- he is a centuries-old monster with an insatiable appetite for blood! Sensing new opportunities to spread his vampire curse, Dracula sets his sights on England. Ranged against him, the wily Professor Van Helsing and a dedicated band of young men and women. But who - living, dead or undead - can stop him? Accompanying the new BBC series from Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, creators of Sherlock, starring Claes Bang as Count Dracula. This Tie-in edition will introduce a whole new generation of fans to the wonders of Stoker's original novel.

Author Biography

Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin on 8 November 1847. He graduated in Mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin in 1867 and then worked as a civil servant. In 1878 he married Florence Balcombe. He later moved to London and became business manager of his friend Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre. He wrote several sensational novels including novels The Snake's Pass (1890), Dracula (1897), The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), and The Lair of the White Worm (1911). Bram Stoker died on 20 April 1912.