Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker (real name) has written a prequel to Dracula based on extensive research of his ancestor's private journals as well as Stoker family lore, The Guardian reports. Dracul, which Stoker co-authored with novelist J.D. Barker, will be out in 2018.
Dracul "focuses on Bram and his family, as a young boy growing up in Clontarf, Artane, and Dublin," said Dacre Stoker. "These parts were based on Stoker family background stories [and] knowledge, all of the existing biographies, excerpts from The Lost Journal [Bram's private notebook], and our speculation."
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