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.
In Those Few Quiet Moments, She Unwittingly Assumes A Quest She Will Discover Is Her Birthright -- A Hunt That Nearly Brought Her Father To Ruin And May Have Claimed The Life Of His Adviser And Dear Friend, History Professor Bartholomew Rossi. What Does The Legend Of Vlad The Impaler, The Historical Dracula, Have To Do With The 20th Century? Is It Possible That Dracula Has Lived On In The Modern World? And Why Have A Select Few Historians Risked Reputation, Sanity, And Even Their Lives To Learn The Answer?
So Begins An Epic Journey To Unlock The Secrets Of The Strange Medieval Book, An Adventure That Will Carry Our Heroine Across Europe And Into The Past -- Not Only To The Times Of Vlad's Heinous Reign, But To The Days When Her Mother Was Alive And Her Father Was Still A Vibrant Young Scholar. In The End, She Uncovers The Startling Fate Of Rossi, And Comes Face To Face With The Definition Of Evil -- To Find, Ultimately, That Good May Not Always Triumph.
about The Author
Elizabeth Kostova Graduated From Yale And Holds An Mfa From The University Of Michigan, Where She Won The Hopwood Award For The Novel-in-progress.
… 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.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Supernatural
- Vampires
- Supernatural
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Little, Brown and Company
Author : Kostova, Elizabeth
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2005-06-14
Number Of Pages : 642
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0316011770
ISBN-13 : 9780316011778
Item weight : 2 lb
Dimensions : 2.28 in x 5.98 in x 9.76 in
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