It also provides practical information for prospective travellers in the region. With an afterword by Elizabeth Kostova. The Historian () Late one night, exploring her father’s library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to . THE HISTORIAN BY ELIZABETH KOSTOVA: Welcome to a retelling of Dracula for the twenty-first century, only think much better and more interesting; less of the weak and pitiful women and demanding men; more history and research. Elizabeth Kostova, while no doubt being a very well off person who went to the best schools for writing, has nevertheless spent a long time researching and writing The /5(K). Elizabeth Kostova is the author of the international bestseller The Historian. She graduated from Yale and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for /5.
The Historian () is Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel. Inspired by a Dracula story her father told her as a child, the author began writing the page historical thriller while working on her master of fine arts at the University of Michigan. This year, the publishing business finally delivers on its promises: Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian is a hypnotic yarn, saturated in authentic history and eerie intrigue. Kostova was praised for the historical authenticity of the book, as well as her ability to create tragic, three-dimensional characters readers care about. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is 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 Historian. Add to cart Buy Now Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Used; hardcover; First; Condition Good Condition ISBN A superbly illustrated companion to bestselling US author Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian () and The Shadow Land (), this book guides the reader through most of the locations in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe where the action takes place. Some of them exist only in the imagination of the author. The Historian is the debut novel of American author Elizabeth Kostova. The plot blends the history and folklore of Vlad Țepeș and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula. Kostova's father told her stories about Dracula when she was a child, and later in life she was inspired to turn the experience into a novel.
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