Bram Stoker’s relative Dacre writes first authorised prequel to Dracula

7 September 2017 · The Guardian

Alison Flood

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Alison Flood announces Dracul, the forthcoming fictional prequel by Dacre and J. D. Barker. Her report describes its imagined young Bram, family-story influences, publishing deals and proposed screen adaptation, while attributing theories about Dracula’s discarded material to the writers.

The Guardian, 7 September 2017: advance announcement of the fictional Dracul prequel, not a historical document. Speculation about missing drafts remains attributed to Dacre, rather than adopted as settled documentary evidence.

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