Vampires
Subtitle: Encounters With the Undead
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: October 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9781579124755
Subjects: Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs; New Age; Body, Mind & Spirit; Fiction - Horror; Horror - Anthologies; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Fiction / Occult; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology; Supernatural; Vampires; Vampires in literature
First sentence: WHEN THE ACTOR-MANAGER Hamilton Deane barnstormed the English provinces with his wildly successful stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula in the late 1920s, he added a memorable curtain speech, spoken by himself in the role of the great vampire hunter, Abraham Van Helsing: Just a moment, Ladies and Gentlemen!