Radu R. Florescu was born in Bucharest Romania and is an indirect descendant of Prince Dracula. He received both BA and MA degrees from Christ Church Oxford University and a PhD from Indiana University. He is professor emeritus of history at Boston College and is author of The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities and co-author of a half dozen books on the story of Vlad Tepes the historical Dracula. With almost a dozen books to his name his academic work has been the subject of documentaries by The History Channel Discovery Canadian Broadcasting and other international networks. Matei Cazacu received his BA and MA from the University of Bucharest and his PhD from the Sorbonne in Paris. He served as a senior researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. Professor Cazacu is the author of a few dozen books including Dracula (Tallandier Paris 2004) Gilles de Rais or Blue Beard (Tallandier Paris 2005) and Frankenstein (with Professor Florescu Tallandier 2011). A medievalist Professor Cazacu lectures throughout Europe and has appeared in documentaries on The History Channel and Romanian television. . Language: English