Is the story about Vlad the Impaler real?
Yes. All of the details about the life of Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes or Vlad Dracula) mentioned in this bookincluding the suicide by drowning in the Princess River of his first wife, the lack of knowledge of the whereabouts of his remains, and the fact that Bram Stoker borrowed his last name for the title of his classic novelare historically accurate.