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  The Historian

 
The Historian
Author:    Elizabeth Kostova
ISBN:    9780751537284
ISBN-10:    0751537284
Publisher:    Little, Brown
Date Published:    6/02/2006
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    720
Language:    English
RRP: $24.99
PRICE: $23.49
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Book Description:
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history. In those few quiet moments, she unwittingly assumes a quest she will discover is her birthright - a hunt for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth. Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions, and evading terrifying adversaries, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating 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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Category: Fiction - General
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Review by Vicki 
It is rare to find a book of this length that is capable of engaging you right to the end, but that is what The Historian does. The author unravels her story piece by tantalising piece until you are almost salivating with the need to know what happens next.

It is painstakingly researched, lovingly developed and beautifully realised. In this book it is true that the journey is worth more than the destination. A book I sorely regretted having to finish.

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