The Historian
the captivating international bestseller and richard and judy book club pick
$30.67
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2006
Summary
The Historian: A Quest Through Shadows of the Past
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751537284 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751537284 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Kostova |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 495g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 200mm x 35mm |
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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 - HeraldAbout The Author
Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Kostova graduated from Yale and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.
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