Buy Dracula writer Bram Stoker's desk - yours for a blood-curdling €575k

Robert Hume looks at the weird, wild and wacky writing habits of some of the world’s most renowned authors

The brilliantly refurbished Dracula desk, up for sale at £500,000 (incollect.com).

On 26 May 1897, Bram Stoker (1847-1912) from Clontarf published his world-famous Gothic novel, Dracula.

Since the centenary of his death in 2012, fans have marked this day by dressing up as vampires, holding Dracula movie marathons, and visiting castles in Romania. Some even choose to read the book.