Radu Florescu (23 October 1925 – 18 May 2014) was a Romanian academic who held the position of Emeritus Professor of History at Boston College. His work on Vlad Dracula includes a series of bestselling[1] books that he co-authored with his colleague Raymond T. McNally. Along with serving as Director of the East European Research Center at Boston College, Florescu was also a philanthropist and an adviser to Edward Kennedy on Balkan and Eastern European affairs. At the time of his death, Radu Florescu was considered the patriarch of the Florescu family [ro].[2]
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RaduFlorescu (23 October 1925 – 18 May 2014) was a Romanian academic who held the position of Emeritus Professor of History at Boston College. His work...
probably born after his father settled in Transylvania in 1429. Historian RaduFlorescu writes that Vlad was born in the Transylvanian Saxon town of Sighișoara...
he "had access" to the imperial palace in Constantinople. Historian RaduFlorescu says that Sigismund had appointed Vlad to receive John VIII (who had...
commonly known as Vlad the Impaler. Professors Raymond T. McNally and RaduFlorescu popularised the idea in their 1972 book, In Search of Dracula. Benjamin...
RaduFlorescu (1925–2014), Romanian historian Stefan Florescu (1926/1927–2010), American paralympic swimmer and table tennis player Victor Florescu (born...
been central in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818). Professor RaduFlorescu suggests that Johann Konrad Dippel, an alchemist born in Castle Frankenstein...
his book In Search of Dracula, The History of Dracula and Vampires, RaduFlorescu mentions an event in 1969 in the city of Căpățâneni, where after the...
1866. His cousin was Bonifaciu Florescu. Florescu, Radu R.; Cazacu, Matei (2 August 2013). Dracula's Bloodline: A Florescu Family Saga. Rowman & Littlefield...
Faber, 2004, ISBN 9780571211586, LCCN 2004-46959. Raymond T. McNally; RaduFlorescu (1994). In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires. Houghton...
their envoys and again plundered the lands near the town. Historians RaduFlorescu and Raymont T. McNally say, the Church of St. Nicholas at Târgșor was...
is borne by the aristocratic House of Franckenstein from Franconia. RaduFlorescu argued that Mary and Percy Shelley visited Frankenstein Castle near...
endorses the Radu—Pătrașcu—Michael genealogy. Moreover, he argues that another son of Prince Radu had heirs, which included RaduFlorescu, who was at once...
or Vlad Țepeș. Following the publication of In Search of Dracula by RaduFlorescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, this supposed connection attracted much...
method of punishment and execution. This theory was the central theme of RaduFlorescu and Raymond McNally's best-selling 1972 book, In Search of Dracula,...
mythological stories of vampires. The 1972 book In Search of Dracula by RaduFlorescu and Raymond McNally claimed that the Count in Stoker's novel was based...
probably related to the princes of Wallachia, according to historian RaduFlorescu. The date of Stephen's birth is unknown,[better source needed] though...
religion Mircea Eliade – philosopher, writer, historian of religions RaduFlorescu – emeritus professor of history at Boston College Art Garfunkel – musician...
Ion Bălăceanu Nicolae Titulescu Vasile Grigorcea Matila Ghyka RaduFlorescu Stan Soare Radu Onofrei Dan Ghibernea Mihnea Motoc Monarhia constituțională...
married Alexandra Florescu (b. 1963), daughter of historian RaduFlorescu who belongs to one of Romania's oldest noble families, Florescu family. They have...
identified. Historians Petre P. Panaitescu, Constantin Rezachevici and RaduFlorescu stated that she was closely related to the Counts of Celje. According...
to flee to Transylvania. He was accompanied by his half-brother RaduFlorescu, Radu Buzescu and several other supporters. After spending two weeks at...
eligible to become godchild to the president. Raymond T. McNally and RaduFlorescu describe the Transylvanian folk belief that "the seventh son of a seventh...
nature. Treptow 2000, p. 46. Florescu & McNally 1989, p. 45. Treptow 2000, p. 47. Mureşanu 2001, p. 78. Florescu, Radu R.; McNally, Raymond T. (1989)...
Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. RaduFlorescu (1997). The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities:...
Science-fiction Films. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80800-5. McNally, Raymond T.; RaduFlorescu (1994). In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires. Houghton...
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