With the recent success of Twilight and various other vampire movies and books, the legend of Dracula has found a new generation of vampire fans. But few people know the history behind the original Dracula. In reality, Dracula lived during the medieval times and is still considered a patriot who protected his country from foreign invaders. The Dracula legend is based on the tyranny of Vlad the third, also known as: Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Dracula, and Vlad Tepes. Vlad was born in the winter of 1431 in the Transylvanian city of Sighisoara and raised in Targoviste, the capital of Wallachia-a region...