Vampires: First Blood - Volume I The Vampire Lords
Lord Byron, John Polidori
Publisher: Basilisk Books
Summary
What were the origins of the literary vampire -- tall, dark, aristocratic?Which fictional vampire first sported fangs? How did the vampire morph from peasant superstition to an aristocratic, mass media star? Who were the real-life inspirations? The answers are found in this collection of male vampire stories from the early 1700s to the mid-1800s...the long-forgotten vampires who set the stage for Count Dracula. "Arnold Paul" by Calmet and others "The Vampire" by Ossenfelder "The Vampyre" by Stagg "The Burial: A Fragment" by Byron "The Vampyre" by Polidori "The Family of the Vourdalak" by Tolstoy "Ghoul" (excerpt) by Tolstoy "Varney the Vampyre" (excerpts) by Rymer "The Pale Lady" by Dumas and Bocage