Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the ...

You won’t want to put down this remarkable book.”—Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “In this brilliant work, what appears at first a minor mystery quickly becomes emblematic of a whole country’s hidden history.

Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love.

En ung pige finder i sit faders bibliotek en bog med en tegning af en drage, som i munden bærer et banner med teksten Drakulya.

Discover the book that inspired — and terrified — generations of readers, Bram Stoker's quintessential vampire novel. The beloved novel was a bestseller in Britain when it was published in 1897 and has thrilled readers ever since.

In The Historian, Kostova's characters hunt the immortal Prince Vlad across twentieth century Europe in a quest to destroy the vampire.

Soon after arriving in Bulgaria a young American helps an elderly couple into a taxi - and realises too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags.