The Historian: The captivating international bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick

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In North Carolina a woman saw her being interviewed on television in the morning and came to her reading with a cake. "I thought you might be tired and hungry on your tour so I bought you a cake," she said. From Istanbul, they travelers go to Hungary to find more information and meet with Helen's mother. There they learn that Helen's mother, and Helen herself, are descendants of Vlad Tepes. I wondered why she craved this knowledge and found myself remembering that she was, after all, an anthropologist.” The novel explores questions of good and evil and as Jessica Treadway states in The Chicago Tribune, it "is intriguing for its thorough examination of what constitutes evil and why it exists". For example, Dracula at one point asks Rossi:

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In May 2007, the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation was created. The Foundation helps support Bulgarian creative writing, the translation of contemporary Bulgarian literature into English, and friendship between Bulgarian authors and American and British authors. I started writing a novel about Dracula but gradually discovered that among other things I was writing a love story across the iron curtain, a story about a young woman who has been brought up in a very intellectual, academic atmosphere where learning is valued but people are sheltered. So some of this is also the story of her movement out of books and into the world." This article is about the 2005 novel by Elizabeth Kostova. For the academic journal, see The Historian (journal). For the 2014 film, see The Historian (film).

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It adopts a style that is very reminiscent of the original Dracula by Bram a b Susanna J. Sturgis, "Living the Undead Life", Women's Review of Books (Jan/February 2006). Retrieved 20 June 2009. a b c Jeff Guinn, "Tapping a vein", Fort Worth Star-Telegram (July 24, 2005). Access World News (subscription required). Retrieved May 10, 2009. a b c Nancy Baker, "The Dracula Code?", The Globe and Mail (2 July 2005). LexisNexis (subscription required). Retrieved 7 May 2009.

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As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.” Anne Vandermey, Alum got her start in "U" writing program" (original), The Michigan Daily (April 16, 2006). Retrieved May 10, 2009. Archived copy. The Historian interweaves the history and folklore of Vlad Țepeș, a 15th-century prince of Wallachia known as "Vlad the Impaler", and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula together with the story of Paul, a professor; his 16-year-old daughter; and their quest for Vlad's tomb. I]t seemed to me now that a Catholic church was the right companion for all these horrors. Didn't Catholicism deal with blood and resurrected flesh on a daily basis? Wasn't it expert in superstition? I somehow doubted that the hospitable plain Protestant chapels that dotted the university could be much help; they didn't look qualified to wrestle with the undead. I felt sure those big square Puritan churches on the town green would be helpless in the face of a European vampire. A little witch burning was more in their line--something limited to the neighbors.” Michael Fleming, "Sony buys rights to 'The Historian'", Variety (16 May 2005). Retrieved 20 May 2013.This has got to be one of the most disappointing books I've read in a long time. Although the descriptions of the various eastern European cities are often pretty and atmospheric, my frustration with this book won't let me mark it above one star. Kostova did extensive research about Eastern Europe and Vlad Țepeș. She found a vampire-killing kit at the Mercer Museum, which included a pistol, silver bullets, a crucifix, a wooden stake, and powdered garlic. [11] Vampire-killing kit at the Mercer Museum Part Two commences with the narrator detailing Helen and her husband’s time traversing Eastern Europe in the 1950s. During their trip, Paul and Helen surmise that Rossi may have been transported by Dracula to his crypt. They go to Istanbul to study the archives of Sultan Mehmed II, which Paul thinks holds the key to the location of Dracula’s crypt. They have the good fortune of meeting Professor Turgut Bora at Istanbul University, who also possesses a similar handmade book as Paul and Rossi have. Bora has access to Mehmed’s archives, and soon a trove of important documents is uncovered. They also spot the librarian they thought was killed by a car in America. He’s is a vampire who has been following the couple. Paul fires a bullet at the vampire, but does not kill him because he misses its heart. Paul and Helen leave Istanbul for Budapest to continue their search for Dracula’s crypt, as well as locate Helen’s mother. Paul and Helen believe her mother may know of Rossi’s whereabouts, as they once met in Romania during the 1930s. Helen learns that her mother had a love affair with Rossi. She and Paul also learn that Helen, Helen’s mother and the narrator are all descendants of Vlad the Impaler.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This book has very little corner bumping or edge wear. Interior text is clean and tight in it's binding. No ownership markings. DJ is unclipped with some light wear, white line in front flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. a b c Sara Nelson, "The Hot 'Historian'", Publishers Weekly 252:27 (11 July 2005). EBSCO (subscription required). Retrieved 20 July 2009. I think I read some review here on GoodReads that called this a book to be conquered. You know, one where after a time you feel so invested that you MUST finish it, you must defeat the book, you will NOT give up, no matter how much you are suffering. Whoever said that about Kostova's The Historian, I salute you. It is a fact that we historians are interested in what is partly a reflection of ourselves, perhaps a part of ourselves we would rather not examine except through the medium of scholarship; it is also true that as we steep ourselves in our interests, they become more and more a part of us.”Elizabeth Kostova has produced an honorable summer book, reasonably well written and enjoyable and, most important of all, very, very long: One can tote The Historian to the beach, to the mountains, to Europe or to grandmother's house and still be reading its 21st-century coda when Labor Day finally rolls around. a b John Marshall, "It was in her blood", The Orlando Sentinel (July 31, 2005). Access World News (subscription required). Retrieved May 10, 2009. The result is an interwoven narrative of journeying and revelations. Discovered documents abound. Kostova is good at academic prose and what is conveyed by its means. Her creations, whether learned articles or translations of 15th-century letters, are elegant and, in the main, convincing. When the narrator arrives at Saint-Matthieu-des-Pyrénées-Orientales, she finds her father. Individuals mentioned throughout the 1970s timeline converge in a final attempt to defeat Dracula. He is seemingly killed by a silver bullet fired into his heart by Helen.