A Mysterious Manuscript Unearthed From Beyond the Grave

ALBANY, Ga. - May 22, 2015 - PRLog -- Imagine the bizarre fascination vampire fans today will feel when they turn the pages of a long lost novel written by the star of a renowned classic Universal Studios horror film.

Albany, Ga. – BearManor Media announces the release of Countess Dracula by Carroll Borland

Carroll Borland, who portrayed Luna opposite legendary horror film star Bela Lugosi in Tod Browning’s Mark of the Vampire (1935), indelibly etched in the minds of moviegoers the look, the style, and the sexuality of female vampires for generations to come. She continued to perform with Bela Lugosi in the play version of Dracula, and like Bela, was typecast in the vampire role and only performed in a few more films. Though Mark of the Vampire and Dracula now rank as classics, few know the truth about Carroll’s life or brief film career.

For more than fifty years, rumors circulated in Hollywood about the existence of a rare novel penned by Carroll yet never published . . . and the book supposedly picked up where Bram Stoker’s Dracula ended.

Fade in on author Gregory Mank, who unearthed the location of the mysterious forgotten manuscript and represented the book for the first time. Mank has also resurrected countless details to compose a compelling account of Carroll’s journey through the cobwebs of Hollywood. You’ll discover from the catacombs answers to questions that have haunted filmgoers for decades:

·         How did Bela Lugosi inspire the writing of the legendary sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula(1931)?

·         What was the true story behind the infamous incest scene rumored to have been cut from Mark of the Vampire?

·         Was Carroll visited by the ghost of Bela Lugosi?

·         What was the secret of their relationship?

Illustrated with photographs from archives and Carroll Boreland’s scrapbook.

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Available exclusively from BearManor Media in paperback, hardback, and e-book editions.

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