inspiration for Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Florescu's last book, also written with McNally, investigated the possible true identity of the person on whom Robert Louis Stevenson may have based Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Books 2009 eBook edition References External links "Romania Names Florescu Honorary Consul for N.E." at Boston College Brief CV at the Honorary Consulate of Romania, Boston (27 Romanian-language as 'Florescu, Radu, 1931–2008') – as VIAF 89589541, a few not yet integrated (May 2019) with the main listing linked below 1925 births 2014 deaths Nobility from Bucharest Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Indiana University alumni Romanian emigrants to the United States American historians Boston College faculty 20th-century Romanian historians