Bram Stoker immortalized a character named Dracula in his late 19th century horror novel, and while it was a fictitious tale about a bloodthirsty vampire it did hold some historical truth. The real Dracula was born Vlad III, prince of Walachia. He was the son of a governor, Vlad II or Vlad Dracul. Dracul in Romanian translates to dragon, and as Dracul being the dragon it is only natural that his son would be known …
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…but rotted animal remains (Farson 131). Vlad Dracula was without a doubt a savage man, however many Romanians protest to the way that he has been portrayed over time. They tend not to look at Vlad Tepes as the barbaric and tyrannical ruler that we know him as, instead they see him as a great leader and a forefather of their country, very similarly to the way in which we as Americans view George Washington (Perkowski 17).