The Historian TC_Bestseller and raised two down-to-earth daughters

and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare

one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment

and teaching among Spanish-speaking people

She’s the best employee at her branch of Gladstone’s Shoes

one fateful night

The Historian TC_Bestseller and raised two down-to-earth daughtersThe record breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late night page turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her familys past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth century reign of Vlad the Impaler