When to call a Frankenstein a legitimate original piece!

[Dr. Strangelove]

Tepes

Sorry, that comic book stuff has simply has never been demonstrated nor that there was never any direct evidence of the influence or mention by her that he was the basis for the character. This has been played up in Darmstadt to beef up tourism for the castle and by a pseudoscholar named Radu Florescu. Her actual journals and diaries never mention anything about visiting the castle etc. or Dippel. That idea is as unsubstantiated as most the put together tunics floating around out there some collectors seem to believe are real.

Radu? as in Radu the Handsome? Is this the same Scholar who did the Book on my good Friend Prince Vlad?

[Johnny R]

Radu? as in Radu the Handsome? Is this the same Scholar who did the Book on my good Friend Prince Vlad?

Yes, he is emeritus now and free to write what he wants. He did a lot of good solid work on Romania before switching to the more lucrative genre of "sexy" history. He wrote a book on Jeckell and Hyde as well big money in lollipop revisionism. Wait until I retire.