Book description
A companion edition of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel, to be
published alongside the official sequel by his great grand nephew, Dacre Stoker.
"I am here to do Your bidding, Master. I am Your slave…"
This dark, brooding and powerfully atmospheric novel by Bram Stoker is a
classic of gothic literature, casting light on the darkness of the human
psyche, and exploiting our deepest fears.
When newly qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to
help a new client purchase a residence in London, he is unaware that he
will be lucky to escape with his life. Harker's fateful visit to Count
Dracula's castle begins a series of disturbing events, as the
malevolence he discovers there reaches across continents and oceans to
twist and abuse his loved ones at home in England. 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..