That the bad press Vlad received during his life and especially after his death was deliberately promoted by political rivals. That Vlad Ţepeş the Impaler was indeed a historical figure but has nothing to do with the pale Count imagined by Bram Stoker, and indeed, very little to do with Transylvania. I’ve become somewhat tired of explaining that the vampire myth has always been far stronger in Bulgaria and Serbia, even in Greece, rather than in Romania. To be precise, my father comes from the place where the so-called Dracula’s castle stands in ruins, Cetatea Poenari. Not only do I not like vampire fiction or film series, all of which tend to take themselves far too seriously (with the exception of the tongue-in-cheek British series ‘Being Human’), but I also am tired of being associated with vampires simply because I originally come from the Carpathian mountains. This was always going to be a hard sell for me.
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