{"product_id":"9781518317927","title":"The Secret of the Growing Gold","description":"At the peak of his career,\u003cb\u003e Abraham “Bram” Stoker\u003c\/b\u003e (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was working as an assistant for his friend, Shakespearean actor Sir Henry Irving, a well known and acclaimed actor in his day. But it would be the assistant whose name would outshine the boss’s. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoker, an Irish novelist and short story writer, is known around the globe for his Gothic horror character Dracula. Inspired in part by his friend Irving, as well as the notorious Vlad the Impaler, Stoker studied stories about vampires, but ultimately his Count Dracula would become synonymous with the famous monsters. \u003c\/b\u003eAnd drawing off his experience as a newspaper writer, Stoker wrote \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e as a collection of realistic diary entries, telegrams, letters, ship’s logs, and newspaper clippings, all of which made the story that much scarier and unique. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168022741232,"sku":"9781518317927","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781518317927_p0.jpg?v=1763729178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781518317927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}