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Description

THE HISTORIAN A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Little, Brown & Co. 2005.

Summary

A girl discovers some letters in her father's library and embarks on a voyage, discovering about her absent mother and about her father's professor, a voyage which leads us to many European countries, starting in Amsterdam,c rossing Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, and many more, in an exciting and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

In 1972 I was sixteen - young, my father said, to be traveling with him on his diplomatic missions.

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  1. Elizabeth Kostova (Author)
 

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