The Historian

The captivating international bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick

By: Elizabeth Kostova

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Paperback | 6 February 2006 | Edition Number 1

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''A smart retelling of the Dracula story'' New Yorker

''Quite extraordinary....Kostova is a natural storyteller....She has refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner'' - San Francisco Chronicle

Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family''s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe-in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world.

''Filled with fascinating details of archaic vampire lore, the splendours of the Ottoman Empire and the beauty of the Romanian countryside'' - Times Literary Supplement

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This literary thriller is a page-turner with brains - Daily Mail

The Historian amounts to something profound...and wondrously mathematical at times, a genre novel by Bach... We encounter obsession, possession, and the struggle against the brevity of life. It is an exploration of the eternal desire for intimacy...Kostova captures, beautifully, the turn on a dime from light to dark - The Times

The Historian is great fun...told with a compelling intensity which will keep the reader hooked until the last Undead tomb door swings shut - Sunday Telegraph

Filled with fascinating details of archaic vampire lore, the splendours of the Ottoman Empire and the beauty of the Romanian countryside - TLS

Kostova s research is exemplary...if you re drawn to the gothic in fiction, reading this on hot nights will induce a few shivers - Herald

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