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Does Vlad Dracula and Bram Stoker Dracula common?

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker did try and make strong reference between Count Dracula and Vlad Tepes Dracula in his book but the references he gave were erroneous so instead of making a strong connection between the two he instead gave Vlad an alibi.

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