Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Lecouteux, Claude. Title: The secret history of vampires : their multiple forms and hidden purposes / Claude Lecouteux ; translated by Jon E. Graham. Publisher, Date: Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, ©2010. Description: 184 pages, plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary: The countless movies and books inspired by vampires who have a predilection for human blood are based on incidents recorded as fact in newspapers and judicial archives in the centuries preceding the works of Bram Stoker and other writers. Digging through these forgotten records, Claude Lecouteux unearths a very different figure of the vampire. Subjects: Vampires. Other Author: Graham, Jon. Other Title: Histoire des vampires. English Notes: Translation of: Histoire des vampires. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The vampire myth -- Man, life, death -- The life of the dead -- Precursors of the vampire -- Names of the vampire -- How do we protect ourselves from vampires? -- Identifying and killing the vampire -- Questions and answers. LCCN: 2009042699 ISBN: 9781594773259 1594773254 Other Number: 432982574 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 264824 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 398.45 Lecouteu Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
