The Historian 歷史學家
5/22
Vampires don't exist. Or do they? Perhaps that mysterious-looking stranger you saw on the train home last night could be Dracula himself. Maybe your neighbor you only see at night has a secret he's been keeping for centuries. Is it possible that the blood-sucking beast did once exist and continues to live among us? In Elizabeth Kostava's The Historian, this isn't just a possibility but a reality.
Weaving the present with centuries of history and involving three different storylines, The Historian leads readers throughout Europe, where different events in history coincide with the hunt for Dracula. The discovery of an evil little book sets the story in motion. Save for a sinister woodcarving of a dragon and one single word "Drakulya," the pages of the ancient book are blank. Eventually, the narrator is led to important letters that help unravel a mystery that might have been better left unsolved.
While other books in the vampire genre tend to be full of violence, The Historian takes a more intellectual approach that is based on actual events. Even though it is jam-packed with in-depth detail, it's still a page-turner that will send chills up your spine and make you fear venturing out at night alone. The Historian and other books about vampires, Dracula in particular, are based on a man that actually lived, Vlad "Tepes" Dracula. This real-life monster once roamed the earth, quenching his thirst with blood.
