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The Historian
 

The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova

If your pulse flutters at the thought of castle ruins and descents into crypts by moonlight, you will savor every creepy page of Elizabeth Kostova's long but beautifully structured thriller The Historian. The story opens in Amsterdam in 1972, when a teenage girl discovers a medieval book and a cache of yellowed letters in her diplomat father's library. The pages of the book are empty except... (read more)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

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Liked It

5 of 5 members found this review helpful.
sellin' disaster...
  • Rated 5 stars

“It's time for a break from those romantic vampire stories. This is my favorite book, the very one that inspired me to become a historian. It's nice how the author managed to go back to the original roots of Dracula... A perfect combination of horror and history, this is a must read (in broad daylight)”

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Didn’t Like It

4 of 4 members found this review helpful.
acetylene
  • Rated 1 stars

“Worst book ever! I was expecting a good vampire story about the lore and legends surrounding Dracula. Instead what I got was a really long drawn out story that I could hardly finish. The information of Vlad and the Hagia Sofia was interesting, but that was about it. The relationships between the characters was not believable at all--an exorbitant amount of coincidences. The author may have done her research but too much of it "bites" off Stoker's Dracula. Do yourself a favor, put this...”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.809741 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 3.545455 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Mark

    mark said:

    “I really enjoyed this book. I read it like 2 times already and plan to read it again. Elizabeth did an excellent job in writing this book. I'm looking forward to more books by her. Keep them coming Elizabeth.”

    posted Sunday, August 10 2008
  • mossflower

    mossflower said:

    “I loved this book and travelled every step of the way to find myself in the largest library any reader would love, books from all the centuries how wonderful, and all you. had to do was catalogue them. i loved chasing across Europe, revisiting old haunts. beautifully written adventure, more please. ”

    posted Sunday, August 10 2008
  • helenjoy

    helenjoy said:

    “I liked the book, found it absorbing, but can understand why others might not. The story covers about 40 years of scholarly research into obscure areas of history, and that research always turns up fruitful connections. What kind of fairy tale is that? But I liked that too. It is well written, good characterization and atmosphere. I also like books that get me interested in areas of the world that are new to me, in this case, southeastern European countries.”

    posted Saturday, August 9 2008
  • Bobby D

    bobby d said:

    “Has anyone been inspired to read the "reVAMPed"! Bram Stoker´s Dracula after reading this novel?
    Waht about "Dracula´s Guest and Other Weird Stroies"??..what is the feedback on those?”

    posted Sunday, July 27 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Nuha F

    nuha f said:

    “It's ok. :/”

    posted Friday, June 27 2008
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