I always found the inconsistencies off-putting (though my high-school English teacher was not taken by my attempts to note them). Fred Saberhagen has the titul

I always found the inconsistencies off-putting (though my high-school English teacher was not taken by my attempts to note them). Fred Saberhagen has the titular character write a pretty convincing defence in his book _The Dracula Tapes_, which is well-worth reading so as to be able to enjoy _The Holmes-Dracula File_.