The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - First U.S/Can Print - Hbk - 2005-Signed Copy

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  • Brand : Little Brown and Company
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  • Barcode : 9780316011778
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`The Historian` - Elizabeth Kostova

First U.S/Can Edition - First Print - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Numberline 

States: `First Edition: June 2005`

Little, Brown and Company - 2005

Author Flat Signed To The Title Page

Hardback - Unclipped

All round good condition,text block square and true, clean

pages,no foxing,the unclipped dust jacket in good condition also

as can be seen via photographs.

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Listing TypeGallery Listing
Listing ID#226347057
Start TimeSun 05 Jan 2025 11:57:38 (EDT)
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SubjectHistorical
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9780316011778 - The Historian
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Elizabeth Kostova		 Publisher
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Synopsis
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history...... Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge 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 inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself -- to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign -- and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages. Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. 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. QUOTES Kostovas debut novel is superbly well-written and manages genuine emotional engagement and intellectual intrigue from the get-go. This massive book has more character development than you can shake a stick atThe combination of Kostovas gentle language and harsh tale guarantees the reader a nice combination of human horrors and the horrors that lurk in the shadows. Toronto Star Kostova brings a surprisingly refreshing touch of history to her version [of Dracula]a great plot-driven novel, brimming with suspense, and one that will keep its readers up at night with a good case of the chillsshe manages to create a story that historian and vampire-lore lover alike will enjoy. Calgary Herald Theres no doubt that this is an extremely accomplished first novelThe Historian contains all the ingredients listed above, but what it makes of them is something unexpectedly original. - Globe and Mail more >>

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