Title: The Historian
Author: Elizabeth Kostova
Genre: Thriller, set in Europe throughout the 20th century
Pages: 656
Rating (Letter Grade): A
Synopsis: The book begins in 1972 when a young girl finds a strange book in her father's library. The pages of the book have been cut out and there is a woodcut of a dragon inside along with a bunch of letters. The girl asks her father about the woodcut and letters and begins to learn about her fathers involvement in a search for his former mentor who disappeared soon after he made it known that he thought that Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) was still alive. The girl also begins to learn more and more about her long dead mother because she was also involved in the search.
My Review: I thought that it would be acceptable to start with my favorite book. This book is very similar to the Da Vinci Code in that the characters of the book are on an international wild goose chase. There are three seperate plot lines - one of the mentor in the 1930's, one of the father in the 1950's and the main storyline with the daughter in the 1970's. The story is very well told and there are twists and turns around every corner. A very suspenseful book indeed!
