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The historian [electronic resource] / Elizabeth Kostova.
In this riveting debut of breathtaking scope, a young girl discovers her father's darkest secret and embarks on a harrowing journey across Europe to complete the quest he never could, to find history's most legendary fiend: Dracula. When a motherless American girl living in Europe finds a medieval book and a package of letters, all addressed ominously to "My dear and unfortunate successor ..." she begins to unravel a thread that leads back to her father's past, his mentor's career, and an evil hidden in the depths of history.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594832404 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9781594832406 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Time Warner Audio Books, 2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Abridged. Duration: 11:28:44. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Joanne Whalley, Martin Jarvis, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jim Ward, Rosalyn Landor, and Robin Atkin Downes. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 164975 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, 1430 or 31-1476 or 7 > Fiction. Vampires > Fiction. Europe, Eastern > Fiction. |
| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Occult fiction. Horror fiction. Historical fiction. Audiobooks. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler, a quest that takes her across Europe and into the pasts of her father and his mentor. A first novel. Simultaneous. - Findaway World Llc
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).Â
Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her familyâs 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 Europeâin a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world.
âPart thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.â âBaltimore Sun
