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The series centers around the titular family, the Tsepesh clan, of which Prince Vlad Tsepesh, who in truth is {{Dracula}}, is the head of. The story focuses on Dracula's great-nephew, Arkady, and his attempts to destroy Dracula and free his family from their centuries-old enslavement. Like ''Dracula'', the books are written in diary form.

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The series centers around the titular family, the Tsepesh clan, of which Prince Vlad Tsepesh, who in truth reality is {{Dracula}}, is the head of. The story focuses on Dracula's great-nephew, Arkady, and his attempts to destroy Dracula and free his family from their centuries-old enslavement. Like ''Dracula'', the books are written in diary form.
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* HypocriteHasAPoint: Dracula tells Zsuzsanna that Elisabeth is a cruel and manipulative bitch who is only using her and does not care about her, although Dracula is not in a position to speak, he is right about Elisabeth.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Stefan has a romantic affair with his brother Abraham's wife, Gerda.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Stefan has a romantic affair with his brother Abraham's wife, Gerda.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Stefan has a romantic affair with his brother Abraham's wife, Gerda.Gerda.
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* BeautyIsBad: Sadistic vampiress Elisabeth is frequently noted for her stunning beauty, to the point of easily seducing Zsuzsanna, who herself is very alluring.
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* VillainousIncest: Between Vlad and Zsuzsanna.

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* VillainousIncest: Between Vlad Zsuzsanna and Zsuzsanna.Vlad, and later Elisabeth.
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* BigBadEnsemble: ''Lord of the Vampires'' features both Vlad and Countess Elisabeth of Bathory competing with each other to obtain the manuscript capable of granting them godhood.
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Zsuzsanna's driving motivation, particular in the third book. After coming to realize that Vlad doesn't truly care for her, she turns to Elisabeth, hoping to find a loving companion in her instead, [[spoiler: only for Elisabeth to reveal herself to be just as callous as Vlad.]]

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* UndeadChild: Abraham's son Jan becomes this in ''Children of the Vampire'' after being bitten by Zsuzsanna.

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Abraham's son Jan becomes this in ''Children of the Vampire'' after being bitten by Zsuzsanna. He later encounters another one and is forced to MercyKill her.
** The human band comes across a trio of them in ''Lord of the Vampires'', courtesy of Elisabeth and
Zsuzsanna.
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* ManipulativeBitch: Elisabeth plays on Zsuzsanna's desire for genuine love and seduces her, [[spoiler:all the while secretly planning to sacrifice her soul to the Dark Lord as part of their pact.]]
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''The Diaries of the Family Dracul'' is a vampire trilogy by Jeanne Kalogridis that serves as a prequel to Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.

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''The Diaries of the Family Dracul'' is a vampire trilogy by Jeanne Kalogridis that serves as a prequel to prequel/re-telling of Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
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* ImmortalityImmorality: In exchange for immortality, Vlad sacrificed the souls of every firstborn Tsepesh son for every generation to the Dark Lord.

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