Vampires

"Vampires" by Martin Jenkins is part of a book series called informania. Its purpose is to teach the truth about where popular myths came from, namely vampires. It stars off by telling the most famous vampire story of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. After the story is finished, Jenkins goes on to tell the complete history of vampires, dating back hundreds of years. He takes special care to make note of the first "vampire with fangs" and the first "vampire who turns into a bat." He concludes the book with a synopsis of almost every vampire movie made up until he wrote the book.

Jenkins did an excellent job with this book. With so many vampire shows and books out there it is interesting to take a look at the history and lore of where vampires came from. It is also interesting to see how the vampire has evolved over the years. They started out as fat peasants, turned into thin, wiry aristocrats and ended up as Robert Pattinson. Although it reads a little bit like a history book, it is filled with enough fun facts and interesting pictures to keep anyones attention. Two thumbs up.