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An "innovative" (The New Yorker) retelling of the story of Dracula. Told with the flourish and poise of a talented storyteller, Kostova turns the age-old tale into a compelling "late night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle) When a young woman discovers a cache of ancient letters, she is thrown into the turbulent history of her parents' dark pasts. Uncovering a labyrinthine trail of clues, she begins to reconstruct a staggering history of deceit and violence. Debut novelist Elizabeth Kostova creates an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful and utterly unforgettable.
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The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- The Historian
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elizabeth Kostova
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0316067946
- ISBN13
- 9780316067942
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Mystery Novels, Adventure Fiction, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural Beings, Secrets, Vampires, Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Libraries, Eastern Europe, Dark Academia, Bulgaria, Searching in the Past, Historians, Dracula, Transylvania (Siebenbürgen), Vlad III, 1431-1476
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- The Historian
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- An "innovative" (The New Yorker) retelling of the story of Dracula. Told with the flourish and poise of a talented storyteller, Kostova turns the age-old tale into a compelling "late night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle) When a young woman discovers a cache of ancient letters, she is thrown into the turbulent history of her parents' dark pasts. Uncovering a labyrinthine trail of clues, she begins to reconstruct a staggering history of deceit and violence. Debut novelist Elizabeth Kostova creates an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful and utterly unforgettable.