His name, woven into countless films, plays, and books, conjures images of magic, of evil, of sadism. Few subjects provoke the curiosity and interest of this infamous prince. Most people simply assume that Dracula is nothing more than the product of a storyteller's romantic fantasy. 
But, Dracula was a real-life person. 
The book takes Prince Dracula from his birth in Transylvania to his death in battle 45 years later.