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The Historian
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Back Bay Books
- MPN
- 8f18025a-4053-4b3c-9ecf-c8869f3dd70
- EAN
- 9780316070638
- ISBN
- 9780316070638
- Book Title
- Historian
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Item Length
- 8.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Features
- New Edition
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Occult & Supernatural, Horror, Thrillers / Psychological, Gothic, Historical
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 720 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316070637
ISBN-13
9780316070638
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73092018
Product Key Features
Book Title
Historian
Number of Pages
720 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Occult & Supernatural, Horror, Thrillers / Psychological, Gothic, Historical
Features
New Edition
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Kostova's vampire is nocampy Lugosi knockoff....Blending history and myth, Kostova has fashioned aversion so fresh that when a stake is finally driven through a heart, itinspires the tragic shock of something happening for the very first time." , Part thriller, parthistory, part romance....Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has amarvelous tale to tell., "Part thriller, part history, part romance....Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell."-- Baltimore Sun, "Kostova's vampire is no campy Lugosi knockoff....Blending history and myth, Kostova has fashioned a version so fresh that when a stake is finally driven through a heart, it inspires the tragic shock of something happening for the very first time."-- Newsweek, "Quiteextraordinary....Kostova is a natural storyteller....She has refashioned thevampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner." , Quiteextraordinary....Kostova is a natural storyteller....She has refashioned thevampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner., "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, "In this smart retelling of the Dracula story, a young girl's discovery of a mysterious book, blank save for a sinister woodcut of a dragon, impels her father to divulge, reluctantly, details of his vampire-hunting days back in grad school. Halfway through his tale, which is told over several sessions in various atmospheric European locations, he vanishes. His daughter's quest to find him is interwoven with letters that reveal the past in full. Kostova's knowledge of occult arcana is impressive, and she packages her erudition in a graceful narrative that only occasionally lapses into melodrama. The structure-a story within a letter within a flashback-is an innovative complication, but it is soon shaken off by the swift-moving plot. Kostova never strays far from the conventions of the genre, and her historical thriller feels somewhat indebted to best-sellers of the recent past; there are Christian heresies, scholarly sleuths, and a malaprop-prone Eastern European guide. "-- The New Yorker, Kostova's vampire is nocampy Lugosi knockoff....Blending history and myth, Kostova has fashioned aversion so fresh that when a stake is finally driven through a heart, itinspires the tragic shock of something happening for the very first time.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
An "innovative" ( The New Yorker ) retelling of the story of Dracula. Told with the flourish and poise of a talented storyteller, Kostova turns the age-old tale into a compelling "late night page-turner" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) When a young woman discovers a cache of ancient letters, she is thrown into the turbulent history of her parents' dark pasts. Uncovering a labyrinthine trail of clues, she begins to reconstruct a staggering history of deceit and violence. Debut novelist Elizabeth Kostova creates an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful and utterly unforgettable., The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "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. "Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell." -- Baltimore Sun
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