Elizabeth Kostova

Historian

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to 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 for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth. Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions, and evading terrifying adversaries, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful - and utterly unforgettable.

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to 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 for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth. Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions, and evading terrifying adversaries, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful - and utterly unforgettable.

Jazyk anglický
Vydavateľ Time Warner Books
Počet strán 704
Typ viazania mäkká
Rozmery (š-v-h) 110 x 177
EAN 9780751537291
Dodacia doba nedostupné


Dalšie obľúbené tituly z kategórie:


Planéta Zem
-9%
Scott Forbes
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
12,90 €
11,74 €
Vývojová psychologie - Dětství a dospívání
-9%
Marie Vágnerová, Lidka Lisá
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
19,25 €
17,52 €
V tieni olivovníkov
-9%
Glyn Eva
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
16,99 €
15,47 €
Ústavné právo a Ústava Slovenskej republiky
-9%
Jaroslav Chovanec
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
24,90 €
22,66 €
Kubko chce cikať alebo rozlúčka s plienkami
-9%
kol.
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
7,90 €
7,19 €
Detektív Očko a jeho príbehy
-9%
Gabriela Futová, Miroslav Regitko
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
7,30 €
6,65 €
Anna na Redmonde
-9%
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
12,95 €
11,79 €
Domáci chlieb
-9%
Emmanuel Hadjiandreou
Dodacia doba
online cena - Skladom - 1 pracovný deň
19,95 €
18,16 €