| TÃtulo : | The historian : a novel | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Kostova, Elizabeth, Autor | | Mención de edición: | 1st ed | | Editorial: | New York : Little Brown and Company | | Fecha de publicación: | 2005 | | Número de páginas: | x, 642 p. : maps | | Dimensiones: | 25 cm. | | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-316-01177-8 | | Nota general: | "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 know - 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" -- -- Summary taken from Front Flap. | | Palabras clave: | Vampires Fiction Horror tales, American Horror tales, American--Occult fiction | | Nota de contenido: | Maps on lining papers. |
The historian : a novel [texto impreso] / Kostova, Elizabeth, Autor . - 1st ed . - New York : Little Brown and Company, 2005 . - x, 642 p. : maps ; 25 cm. ISBN : 978-0-316-01177-8 "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 know - 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" -- -- Summary taken from Front Flap. |  |
The historian
