Author:   Elizabeth Kostova

Title: The Historian

The Historian is a gripping historical mystery tracing the origins of Vlad the Impaler down through the centuries. Don’t dismiss this as merely a horror story! Kostova’s book is definitely a chilling and spine tingling read, but it is also a subtle, meticulously plotted, well-written novel that will keep you gripped to the very end.

‘The Historian’ featured on ‘Richard and Judy’s bookclub’ summer 2006.

Reviews

• 'Told with a compelling intensity which will keep the reader hooked until the last Undead tomb door swings shut'.  Sunday Telegraph
• ‘Bram Stoker's classic, with a vastly ingenious plot in which Dracula has developed a mysterious penchant for librarians. ’The Observer

Comments from the Reading Group

• ‘I did not expect to like the book as I have no interest in the Dracula story, but I found it really interesting. I had to keep reading to find out what happened next’
• ‘A real surprize, I had no idea what the book was going to be about and I really enjoyed reading it’
• ‘I am a huge fan of the original Bram Stoker novel and was looking forward to reading ‘The Historian’ but I felt it was nowhere near as good.  It lacked bite!’
• ‘I did not really like the narrator and her father, but the different strands of the plot and the search for Vlad were really gripping’
• ‘I liked the themes of the novel, especially the way it looked at the nature of history itself’
• ‘I was fascinated by the sections of Eastern European legends and folklore’