The Historian

'This literary thriller is a page-turner with brains' DAILY MAIL 'THE HISTORIAN amounts to something profound... and wondrously mathematical at times, a genre novel by Bach ... We encounter obsession, possession, and the struggle against the brevity of life. It is an exploration of the eternal desire for intimacy...Kostova captures, beautifully, the turn on a dime from light to dark' THE TIMES 'The Historian is great fun... told with a compelling intensity which will keep the reader hooked until the last Undead tomb door swings shut' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A gasp-inducing, breathtakingly dark mystery set in the present but wrapped around the folklore and history of Dracula...written in an exquisitely delicate and reserved style' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Filled with fascinating details of archaic vampire lore, the splendours of the Ottoman Empire and the beauty of the Romanian countryside' TLS 'Dracula's back - and alive and well (or at least undead) in Elizabeth Kostova's compelling novel' IN STYLE 'Hotly anticipated... This exploration of DRACULA from a historical perspective is more cerebral cortex than punctured jugulars and reads all the better for it' EVE 'A cross between DRACULA and THE DA VINCI CODE' OBSERVER 'Kostova's research is exemplary... if you're drawn to the gothic in fiction, reading this on hot nights will induce a few shivers' GLASGOW HERALD 'Elizabeth Kostova is an accomplished debutante who has produced an intriguing and carefully crafted novel' HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW 'She weaves myth, fact and adventure in this well-written, creepy time-slip novel that left me wanting to go back to Bram Stoker' NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE 'It's the impeccably researched and subtly chilling story of a young woman's search for the truth about her historian father, and his quest to find Vlad himself. It's so refreshing to read genuinely sinister and suspenseful literary horror which does not need to rely on shock tactics' BOOKSELLER 'The perfect summer read... Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel has the perfect mix of mystery and adventure and, based as it is around the legend of DRACULA, a healthy dose of horror as well. If you take one book on holiday this year, make it THE HISTORIAN' WATERSTONES BOOK QUARTERLY 'THE HISTORIAN is a marvellous book that draws the reader into an infectious vortex of mystery and discovery. It is beautifully written and full of real and believable characters, but what most impresses me is the way Elizabeth Kostova has taken an old and worn genre and made it entirely fresh and undeniably her own. This is great fiction.' David Liss 'Try to not give yourself a paper cut as you try to keep up with Kostova's masterful narrative, one that keeps surprising up until the biiter, astonishing end. Mystery, suspense and romance- it doesn't get much better than this.' U MAGAZINE 'The smartest vampire novel in years.' BELLA 'This book is a thrilling, dark read.' WOMAN'S WEEKLY '[A] sophisticated retelling of the Dracula myth... This big, suspenseful novel blends a very human story about family ties and loyalty with a wealth of knowledge about Vlad, his legend and times.' SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE 'Elegantly written and genuinely scary, THE HISTORIAN is a gripping work of literary fantasy.' IMAGE

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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.

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