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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: I Loved It!

“To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history...” It has been some time since I actually read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and I have been meaning to write something about the book ever...

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Books which have made me forget reality (Part One)

Embers by Sándor Márai"As darkness settles on a forgotten castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains, two men sit down to a final dinner. They have not seen one another in forty-one years. At their last...

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The Historian Book Review

The book that stands out most to me in the year 2007, is Elizabeth Kostova's "The Historian." She blends fact and fiction to form a wonderful tale of Vlad Dracula that takes you through the journey of a young woman in search for her father.

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Slavic, Roman, and Modern Vampires

Vampire myths go back thousands of years and occur in almost every culture around the world. Their variety is almost endless; from red eyed monsters with green or pink hair in China to the Greek Lamia which...

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