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A review by penguin_emperor_of_the_north
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
4.0
My dear and unfortunate successor:
It is with regret that I imagine you reading this. Not only for myself, for it means that I have finished this book but also for you as you consider embarking on a 600 page journey from Amsterdam to New York to Istanbul to Hungary and Bulgaria. You stand on the brink of a journey into past through Vlad Dracula's wars with the Ottoman Empire to the fall of Constantinople to 15th century pilgrimage routes.
A slow paced journey, I must confess. The action scenes will be few and far between. I dare say it is not a horror story that stands before you, rather it is an atmospheric excursion that spans centuries and continents on a quest to find Dracula's tomb and final resting place. Well, his tomb at least.
And, my dear successor, if in perusing other reviews you find that this format is less than original, that is unfortunate. But it amused me nonetheless so c'est la vie.
It is with regret that I imagine you reading this. Not only for myself, for it means that I have finished this book but also for you as you consider embarking on a 600 page journey from Amsterdam to New York to Istanbul to Hungary and Bulgaria. You stand on the brink of a journey into past through Vlad Dracula's wars with the Ottoman Empire to the fall of Constantinople to 15th century pilgrimage routes.
A slow paced journey, I must confess. The action scenes will be few and far between. I dare say it is not a horror story that stands before you, rather it is an atmospheric excursion that spans centuries and continents on a quest to find Dracula's tomb and final resting place. Well, his tomb at least.
And, my dear successor, if in perusing other reviews you find that this format is less than original, that is unfortunate. But it amused me nonetheless so c'est la vie.