Vampires: The Un-history of the Undead

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A stormy night on Lake Geneva almost 200 years ago. A scandalous gathering of A-list celebrities and a ghost story contest produced not only Frankenstein, but the first modern vampire. Meet the terrifying Count Orlock, the first film vampire who would inspire Bela Lugosi and so many others. Take the Transylvania express and find out about the novel that inspired the scariest TV show of all time, the vampire who nearly destroyed Spiderman, and Anne Rice's suave rock-star vampire. Bella may have fallen for one vamp, but there are many others out there.

Author Bio

Tony Thompson is not a vampire, although he has been known to occasionally look intense and brooding. He is an old friend of William Shakespeare, and possibly shared a flat with him in a previous life. When he is not writing the ultimate unauthorised celebrity biography, Tony is an English and Literature teacher. His writing has appeared in The Age and The Australian.