Vlad the Impaler, German woodcut by Ambrosius Huber, 1499.(more) It was during this period of rule that he committed the atrocities for which he was best known. His penchant for impaling his enemies on stakes in the ground and leaving them to die earned him the name Vlad the Impaler (...
The connection between Dracula and Vlad the Impaler was established during the second half of the twentieth century, particularly after the publication of In Search of Dracula in 1972. However, years later, the writers of the book, McNally and Florescu stepped back from the claim that was made...
Vlad Tepes: Directed by Dumitru Fernoaga, Doru Nastase. With Stefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei, Emanoil Petrut, Teofil Vâlcu. Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars
By associating these two facts: cruelty against the enemies and the nickname Dracul (devil), the imagination of Bram Stoker created Dracula - the famous character. Vlad Tepes was not a blood sucker, a vampire or such. He was just one of the Romania's great leader that was also famous for...