For the first time in English comes a remarkable literary discovery. In 1928, Turkish author Ali Rıza Seyfioğlu pirated Bram Stokers Dracula, completely rewriting it with new material, patriotic overtones, and Islam. A rare example of a bootleg novel, its also the first adaptation to plainly identify Dracula as the historical warlord Vlad the Impaler.In Seyfioğlus story, when a modern Istanbul is threatened by the invasion of an ancient vampire, three veterans of the Turkish War of Independence are thrust into a conflict with their nations hereditary enemy. Seyfioğlu boldly reworks Stokers classic tale, retelling it from the unique perspective of a people once routed by the real-life Dracula.Dracula in Istanbul: The Unauthorized Version of the Gothic Classic presents the first ever translation into English of Seyfioğlus novel, Kazıklı Voyvoda. With a foreword by Anno Dracula author Kim Newman, an introduction by Turkish translation scholar Şehnaz Tahir G r ağlar, an afterword on the 1953 movie adaptation Drakula İstanbulda by film scholar Iain Robert Smith, and several rare photos from the film, Dracula in Istanbul is a rare combination of literary artifact and genuine entertainment. From movie and vampire buffs to literature scholars, theres enough here to delight all the children of the night.