The Historian

伊丽莎白·科斯托娃 （Elizabeth Kostova)，相继毕业于美国耶鲁大学和密歇根大学，获密歇根大学艺术硕士。《历史学家》是伊丽莎白·科斯托娃历时十年精心创作的处女作小说，作者在密歇根大学创作斯间即获得霍普沃德小说创作奖（Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress )，也因为此书，获得二00五年度美国“羽毛笔”图书奖（Quill Book Awards)最佳新人奖。

出版者:Sphere

作者:Elizabeth Kostova

页数:704

出版时间:2006-2-2

价格:GBP 7.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780751537291

图书标签:原版推理悬疑小说悬念吸血鬼历史英语美国

DESCRIPTION: In this riveting debut of breathtaking scope, a young girl discovers her father's darkest secret and embarks on a harrowing journey across Europe to complete the quest he never could -- to find history's most legendary fiend: Dracula. When a motherless American girl living in Europe finds a medieval book and a package of letters, all addressed ominously to "My dear and unfortunate successor..." she begins to unravel a thread that leads back to her father's past, his mentor's career, and an evil hidden in the depths of history. In those few quiet moments, she unwittingly assumes a quest she will discover is her birthright: a hunt that nearly brought her father to ruin and may have claimed the life of his adviser and dear friend, history professor Bartholomew Rossi. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler, the historical Dracula, have to do with the 20th century? Is it possible that Dracula has lived on in the modern world? And why have a select few historians risked reputation, sanity, and even their lives to learn the answer? So begins an epic journey to unlock the secrets of the strange medieval book, an adventure that will carry our heroine across Europe and into the past -- not only to the times of Vlad's heinous reign, but to the days when her mother was alive and her father was still a vibrant young scholar. In the end, she uncovers the startling fate of Rossi, and comes face to face with the definition of evil-- to find, ultimately, that good may not always triumph.

读后感

一开始买这本书，还以为自己是购买了一本类似探索杂志或者科学解迷一类的书，是冲着吸血鬼这个有趣的话题去的，不过，事实上，它是一本小说。 如果按我们的历史观来看，也许我会说，这是一个虚构的故事。可是在看完了以后的历史观来看，我又在想，我怎么敢说，这样的故事是虚构...  

先看了中文的，没觉得悬疑倒是陶醉在异国风情中。 后来看见了原版的，真是…… 都怪自己想象力太丰富  

简单说，书卷了些；看它一步步的追踪和介绍Dracula的身世，东西南北欧的游荡，危险和羡慕是并存的 故事方面，6、7成都是双引号括起来的上代对下代的信件，这个就把第一现场的惊险、刺激削弱了许多。如果拍电影的话，上两代就够了，或者理所当然以保罗这个中间层作为主角核心，...  

我亲爱的、不幸的继承者： 不管你是谁，想到您在读我不得不留下的信，我非常遗憾。我为自己感到遗憾----如果这信到了您手里，心安理得是我有了麻烦，也许是死了，或者更糟。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 我...  

用户评价

除了Dracula, 这是我读的唯一一部吸血鬼题材的小说，情节扣人心弦，也很女性化。真么厚的一本书，我居然毫无违和感的读了整整两遍，唉~

终于，看完了。看的过程中不止一次被情节吸引，也不止一次在脑海中畅想欧洲古老的教堂和修道院究竟是怎样的美丽。

除了Dracula, 这是我读的唯一一部吸血鬼题材的小说，情节扣人心弦，也很女性化。真么厚的一本书，我居然毫无违和感的读了整整两遍，唉~

终于，看完了。看的过程中不止一次被情节吸引，也不止一次在脑海中畅想欧洲古老的教堂和修道院究竟是怎样的美丽。

除了Dracula, 这是我读的唯一一部吸血鬼题材的小说，情节扣人心弦，也很女性化。真么厚的一本书，我居然毫无违和感的读了整整两遍，唉~