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Former US Ambassador launches book on Romania

Romanian Times

A former US Ambassador to Romania and his wife are to launch a new book on the culture and history of Romania next week, it has been announced.

Jim Rosapepe and his wife, journalist Sheilah Kast, will launch their book Dracula Is Dead: How Romanians Survived Communism, Ended it, and Emerged since 1989 as the New Italy" on Romania at the Ratiu Foundation, in London, on Monday.

In the book the pair write: "To [many people], Transylvania means just one thing: Dracula. Never mind the centuries of epic struggle between opposing empires over this strategic territory. Never mind that the clash of cultures here has evolved into some of the most workable ethnic cooperation in Europe [...]. Never mind that Transylvania’s landscape is not shrouded in gloomy moss and bats, but beautiful hillsides dotted with plump sheep and curvaceous haystacks."

Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, said of the book: "Romania is a living legacy of Rome [...]. Jim and Sheilah are outstanding guides to this country, which is both familiar and exotic."

For more info, please visit: www.draculaisdead.com

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