Bram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful ancient vampire the Penguin Classics" edition of " Dracula" is edited with notes & an introduction by Maurice Hindle as well as a preface by Christopher Frayling. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house he makes horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards disturbing incidents unfold in England: a ship runs aground on the shores of Whitby its crew vanished; beautiful Lucy Westenra slowly succumbs to a mysterious wasting illness her blood drained away; & the lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his 'master'. In the ensuing battle of wills between the sinister Count & a determined group of adversaries
- led by the intrepid vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing
- Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre probing into questions of identity sanity & the dark corners of Victorian sexuality & desire. For this completely updated edition Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction list of further reading & notes & added two appendices: Stoker's essay on censorship & his interview with Winston Churchill both published in 1908. Christopher Frayling's preface discusses the significance & the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth. Abraham ' Bram' Stoker (1847-1912) was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Stoker joined the Irish Civil Service before his love of theatre led him to become the unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail. He went on to act as manager & secretary for the actor Sir Henry Irving while writing his novels the most famous of which is " Dracula" (1897). If you enjoyed " Dracula" you may like Mary Shelley's " Frankenstein" also available in " Penguin Classics". " One of the most powerful horror tales ever written". (Malcolm Bradbury). " Nobody has ever filmed it like Bram Stoker wrote it". (Sir Christopher Lee). " Staggeringly lurid & perverse". (Sarah Waters author of " Fingersmith")."

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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' We are in Transylvania; & Transylvania is not Engl&. Our ways are not your ways & there shall be to you many strange things.' Earnest & naive solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian Mountains. Through notes & diary entries Harker keeps track of the horrors & terrors that beset him at the castle telling his fiance Mina of the Count's supernatural powers & his own imprisonment. Although Harker eventually manages to escape & reunite with Mina his experiences have led to a mental breakdown of sorts. Meanwhile in England Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten & begins to turn into a vampire. With the help of Professor Van Helsing a previous suitor of Lucy's Seward & Lucy's fiance Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula & his attempts on Lucy & consequently Mina's life. Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world & its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication. ...

The official sequel to Bram Stokers classic novel Dracula written by his direct descendent & endorsed by the Stoker family. The story begins in 1912 twenty-five years after the events described in the original novel. Dr. Jack Seward now a disgraced morphine addict hunts vampires across Europe with the help of a mysterious benefactor. Meanwhile Quincey Harker the grown son of Jonathan & Mina leaves law school to pursue a career in stage at Londons famous Lyceum Theatre. The production of Dracula at the Lyceum directed & produced by Bram Stoker has recently lost its star. Luckily Quincey knows how to contact the famed Hungarian actor Basarab who agrees to take the lead role. Quincey soon discovers that the play features his parents & their former friends as characters & seems to reveal much about the terrible secrets hes always suspected them of harbouring. But before he can confront them Jonathan Harker is found murdered. The writers were able to access Bram Stokers h&-written notes & have included in their story characters & plot threads that had been excised by the publisher from the original printing over a century ago. Dracula is one of the most recognized fictional characters in the world having spawned dozens of multi-media spin-offs. The Un-Dead is the first Dracula story to enjoy the full support of the Stoker estate since the original 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi. ...

Tonglong the deadly mantis Kung fu warrior is stalking the throne: secretly building an army & marching towards the Forbidden City.. .time is fast running out. Chinas only hope rests in the hands of five young warrior monks. Can Long the dragon arts master amass his own army in time to defeat them? Can his siblings prevent Tonglongs vast army from reaching their goal? & will their lost rebel brother the infamous Eagle prove to be a valuable ally or a vile traitor.. . Only time will tell in the final battle of the Five Ancestors. ...

THE CLASSIC DIRK PITT ADVENTURE A NUCLEAR PEARL HARBOUR Buried in the depths of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan lies one of the greatest drowned secrets of World Wart Two -- a crashed B--29 Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945. Its deadly cargo lost in the sea for nearly fifty years is at the heart of this classic Dirk Pitt thriller in which a small group of Japanese nationalist fanatics dreaming of a new Nipponese Empire set out to neutralise & blackmail the USA -- with nuclear weapons planted strategically in the country's major cities! ...

This is another thrilling prequel to Dragon Age: Origins" the hit role-playing video game from Bioware! After 200 years of exile King Maric has allowed the legendary Grey Wardens to return to Fereden. Their arrival brings news that one of their own has escaped into Deep Roads & aligned himself with their ancient enemy the monstrous darkspawn. Maric agrees to help the Grey Wardens leading them into the passages he traveled through many years before chasing after a deadly secret that threatens to destroy not only the Grey Wardens but also the kingdom above. This is an essential read for fans of the award-winning game." ...

A mystical killer stalks the halls of the White Spire the heart of templar power in the mighty Orlesian Empire. To prove his innocence Adrian reluctantly embarks on a journey into the western wastelands that will not only reveal much more than he bargained for but change the fate of his fellow mages forever. ...

Available in print for the first time Dragon Age: The Silent Grove" is the perfect introduction to Bio Wares dark fantasy universe! In this essential canonical story from David Gaider lead writer of the games King Alistair accompanied only by rogues Isabela & Varric embarks on a quest deep inside the borders of Antiva
- a nation of assassins! Together they will encounter a prison break dragons the mysterious Witch of the Wilds & one of the greatest secrets in the history of the world!"
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Invitingly designed illustrated with hundreds of pieces of lush art from the creators of the games this is the definitive guide to Bio Ware's dark fantasy masterpiece! For Dragon Age newcomers this comprehensive volume brings you up to speed on everything you need to know about the regions religions monsters magic & more! For dedicated fans never before have the secrets of Bio Ware's epic fantasy been revealed so completely & so compellingly! This dramatic accessible beautiful tome illuminates the darkest corners of the Deep Roads to the most illusory reaches of the Fade taking readers on a journey through one of the most fully realized fantasy universes of our time! ...

Dragon Art is a stunning survey of amazing contemporary fantasy artwork specifically of dragons
- that most popular of fantasy
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