The Man Who Wrote Dracula. A Biography Of Bram Stoker

DANIEL FARSON

Publication: Michael Joseph, 1975, London

First edition. Fine in dust jacket. "Bram Stoker is the little-known author of one of the most famous books ever written. He has been eclipsed by the creature of his imagination, Count Dracula, the greatest vampire of them all. In his lifetime, too, Stoker was eclipsed: by the dominating personality of Sir Henry Irving, the actor. Stoker threw up a dull but safe career in the Irish Civil Service to become Irving's manager, and served him with total devotion over the years, through the early triumphs and final disasters of the Lyceum Theater. When Irving died Stoker suffered a stroke and could hardly see for several months. He never fully recovered and never achieved fame or fortune in his own lifetime. His great book only made fortunes for others after his death."

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