Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to 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 for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth. Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions, and evading terrifying adversaries, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful - and utterly unforgettable.
The historian: A novel, Elizabeth Kostova
Myšlenka příběhu byla nejspíš v dobrým duchu. Bohužel je knížka psaná dosti nešťastnou formou, když se tam prolínají dva osudy a čím víc jsem měl odečteno, tím víc jsem nevěděl o koho se jedná, kdo koho tam vlastně hledá a jaký spolu mají styky. Kolikrát jsem i musel přemýšlet, kdo to vlastně je.
