The Historian, a Novel

by Kostova, Elizabeth

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 2005. Pictorial dj, light edgewear, minor rubbing; black covers, little shelfwear; top page edges have a smudge, starting to tan; front & read endpapers are b/w maps of Cold War Europe; inside is clean; 642 pp; a modern search for Dracula, where a young woman must decide if she will follow her father in this search that nearly killed him when he was young. Author's first novel.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book summary

The specter of the supernatural infuses this academic thriller, the debut of author Elizabeth Kostova. In 1972 Amsterdam, a sheltered, motherless teenager stumbles across an ancient book imprinted with a dragon and stuffed with 40-year-old, mysteriously addressed letters. Gradually, her father reveals the link between the book and various attempts to discover the tomb of the brutal warrior/ruler Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula. Those who choose to become part of the search generally end up paying with their careers and their lives. Despite (or perhaps because of) these dire warnings, the nameless young woman finds herself compelled to discover who Dracula truly was...and whether he still exists today.

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On Jan 17 2007, fict said:

  "Riding a bit on the coat tails of the Da Vinci Code and awfully similar in theme, but at least much better written with something approaching real-life dialogue. "

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