Kept in the Dark

From: Fine Books & Collections

"Bram Stoker's private journal sat unnoticed on his great-grandson's bookshelf in England for at least a year.
     Full of notes that would inform his legendary novel Dracula and other stories, the thin, unmarked book had probably been lugged down from the attic at some point, along with other things the Stoker family had passed down for more than a century and placed inconspicuously in Noel Dobbs' Isle of Wight home.
     Then, one day not long ago, a researcher working on a project about Stoker got in touch with Dobbs to ask if he might know anything about a journal his famous relative kept. Dobbs looked around and finally popped open this tiny book. It was signed 'Abraham Stoker.' " — Ashley Fantz, CNN
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