The Historian
Registered by keithpp of Farnborough, Hampshire United Kingdom on 11/4/2008
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'For my father, who first told me some of these stories.' -- Elizabeth Kostova
My first acquaintance with The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova was when I heard it read on BBC Radio 4 a couple of years ago.
A retelling of the Dracula tale by Bram Stoker. A set of papers have been collected together for the reader to follow and make of what they will.
A 16-year-old girl looking through her father's library finds a very old book with a curious letter inside. She asks him to tell her of the history of the book and the letter. He tells her a story which is in part his story but begins with a story told him by his professor.
The girl finds herself following in her father's footsteps, on a quest in search of her own history.
A modern retelling of Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impaler. The seemingly eternal conflict between Islam and the West, between the past and modernity, between the Socialism of Communist Romania and the West, the conflicts of the Cold War
The story is set in several distinct periods: The Middle Ages, 1930s, 1950s, early 1970s and the present day.
A very well written novel. A worthy successor to Dracula, or that other Gothic classic, Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.
Somewhat surprising for a first novel, Elizabeth Kostova was given a reputed advance of $2 million!
What is it about the tale of Vlad The Impaler, now better known as Dracula, that has led to such an enduring legend? He was the Feudal Lord of Wallachia, now a region of modern-day Romania, a brutal warlord, no different to the brutal warlords in present-day Afghanistan, and yet his notoriety did not end with his mysterious death and strange burial in 1476. Is it the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, the pretty awful motion pictures that followed? What is it that keeps him in the darkest recesses of our minds?
Also read:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
The Monk by Mathew Lewis [see BCID 5363165]
The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5528715]
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5849563]
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5457969]
Brida by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5987613]
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk [see BCID 5849546]
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk [see BCID 6006037]
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson [see BCID 5889819]
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills [see BCID 5840731]
My first acquaintance with The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova was when I heard it read on BBC Radio 4 a couple of years ago.
A retelling of the Dracula tale by Bram Stoker. A set of papers have been collected together for the reader to follow and make of what they will.
A 16-year-old girl looking through her father's library finds a very old book with a curious letter inside. She asks him to tell her of the history of the book and the letter. He tells her a story which is in part his story but begins with a story told him by his professor.
The girl finds herself following in her father's footsteps, on a quest in search of her own history.
A modern retelling of Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impaler. The seemingly eternal conflict between Islam and the West, between the past and modernity, between the Socialism of Communist Romania and the West, the conflicts of the Cold War
The story is set in several distinct periods: The Middle Ages, 1930s, 1950s, early 1970s and the present day.
A very well written novel. A worthy successor to Dracula, or that other Gothic classic, Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.
Somewhat surprising for a first novel, Elizabeth Kostova was given a reputed advance of $2 million!
What is it about the tale of Vlad The Impaler, now better known as Dracula, that has led to such an enduring legend? He was the Feudal Lord of Wallachia, now a region of modern-day Romania, a brutal warlord, no different to the brutal warlords in present-day Afghanistan, and yet his notoriety did not end with his mysterious death and strange burial in 1476. Is it the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, the pretty awful motion pictures that followed? What is it that keeps him in the darkest recesses of our minds?
Also read:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
The Monk by Mathew Lewis [see BCID 5363165]
The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5528715]
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5849563]
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5457969]
Brida by Paulo Coelho [see BCID 5987613]
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk [see BCID 5849546]
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk [see BCID 6006037]
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson [see BCID 5889819]
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills [see BCID 5840731]
Journal Entry 2 by keithpp at Guildford Library in Guildford, Surrey United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 4, 2008
