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Dracula's Bloodline
A Florescu Family Saga
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2013
Summary
This engrossing book tells the story of the Florescu family, from its feudal blood ties, to the notorious 15th century figure Vlad Tepes (Count Dracula), right up to present day, touching on such diverse personalities as the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, and Michael Jackson. In the tradition of Alex Haley’s Roots, Dracula’s Bloodline relates a multi-generational saga through the prism of one family’s narrative, from medieval Eastern Europe to the post-Communist era. The book provides an inside look at Romania’s bloody and turbulent history—a mostly untold narrative that embraces the cruel Ottoman invasions, vying boyars seeking to change the political order at home, and the toppling of the Ceausescu regime. The story of each century is told through the eyes of one Florescu (or more) who had a unique perch from which to view his or her contemporary society.
Florescu and Cazacu drew on research that had mostly been kept in family hands. To track the Florescu footprint down through the centuries since the 1400s, they used many sources: the Brasov archives in Transylvania, select letters, unpublished diaries, and extensive family documents that have been scattered from Europe to the United States. This fully indexed book offers many photographs from family archives, as well as a glossary of terms and titles, and a full genealogy showing the Florescu’s family links to Vlad Tepes.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-6157-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-6158-4
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
269
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access
Romanian Court Dignitaries and Terms in English No access
Chapter 1 My Name is Florea No access Pages 1 - 3
Chapter 2 The Wolfman Serves Vlad Dracul No access Pages 4 - 16
Chapter 3 A Florescu-Dracula Marriage No access Pages 17 - 25
Chapter 4 Maria the Old Saves the Florescu Name No access Pages 26 - 39
Chapter 5 The Tragic Death of Two Half-Brothers: Michael the Brave and Radu Florescu No access Pages 40 - 51
Chapter 6 The Florescus During the Seventeenth Century: Manners Maketh Man No access Pages 52 - 64
Chapter 7 Florescu Survival Under Greek Rule No access Pages 65 - 75t
Chapter 8 The Revolutionary Household in Bucharest — 1848 No access Pages 76 - 88
Chapter 9 A Conservative General and a Liberal Musician Reunite No access Pages 89 - 109
Chapter 10 A Patriot of Greater Romania No access Pages 110 - 130
Chapter 11 Radu Florescu: An Undiplomatic Diplomat No access Pages 131 - 159t
Chapter 12 Radu Florescu: The Absent-Minded Professor No access Pages 160 - 180
Chapter 13 The Search for Dracula No access Pages 181 - 201
Chapter 14 Uncle George and Aunt Elza Florescu Milescu Survive Fascism and Battle Communism No access Pages 202 - 228
Epilogue The Post-Communist Generation: Quest for New Frontiers and Reclaiming the Values of Old No access Pages 229 - 248
Genealogy No access Pages 249 - 254
Florescu Land and Property Holdings (Fourteenth-Nineteenth Centuries) No access Pages 255 - 256
