The Rise of the Vampire

This reads primarily like an academic thesis. As such, it requires the author to present an argument, and some of the points he makes are dubious. Still, it's an interesting book, dealing with vampires as diverse as Carmilla, Dracula, Nosferatu, and the vampires in Twilight, True Blood and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We are also presented with the origins of the vampire myth.