Unable to find out who had left it there or where it came from he kept it and started to investigate the subject of the books only image – Dracula. The book was mysteriously left amongst his things in a library one night whilst he was working late.
Her father is strangely reluctant to tell her anything about the book or letters but he starts to take her on trips with him around Europe and in each new place he tells her a little more about how he acquired the book and the letters whilst studying at an American university. Reluctant to read her father’s private papers, the girl puts the book back on the shelf and resolves to ask her father about the mysterious book.
The old book contains all blank pages except one, which shows an image of a dragon printed from an ancient woodcut with the single word DRAKULYA printed in gothic letters underneath. Late one night, exploring her father’s study an unnamed young woman finds an ancient book stuffed with old letters addressed to ‘My dear and unfortunate successor’.
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