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发表于2025-02-17
The Historian pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge 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 inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-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 relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable.
伊麗莎白·科斯托娃 (Elizabeth Kostova),相繼畢業於美國耶魯大學和密歇根大學,獲密歇根大學藝術碩士。《曆史學傢》是伊麗莎白·科斯托娃曆時十年精心創作的處女作小說,作者在密歇根大學創作斯間即獲得霍普沃德小說創作奬(Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress ),也因為此書,獲得二00五年度美國“羽毛筆”圖書奬(Quill Book Awards)最佳新人奬。
这本书确实曾经是畅销书,虽说我没看见什么广告或宣传,但至少我在英国的排行榜上是见到了的。而当时即将离开英国的我无意买书,但无奈本性难改,进书店逛大概成了无可救要的习惯。我承认那时候也确实被Historian这个标题吸引住了,从畅销书的架子上拿下来翻了翻,看了看简...
評分早两天就读完了《历史学家》,可惜一直没什么时间或者说是经历来写这本书的推荐——当然我也可以就这样把它放过去,但是我还是想推荐一下。这本书给人的感觉,就是这样“不推荐也可以吧”,但是又“有点舍不得”的样子。 这本书对我来说是本能喜爱的属于“私房书”的那一种。...
評分这其实不是一本“很好看”的小说,我是指如果你的阅读速度很快,短篇小说两个小时能搞定,长篇小说最多也只要两天,那么它大概不适合你。这是一本需要静下心来,读一段停一停的小说。 对《历史学家》感兴趣完全是因为《达·芬奇密码》,《达·芬奇密码》登上美国畅销书排行榜...
評分看到第三十六章,开始时候的兴趣逐渐消失,期待揭开谜题,不想读下去了,觉得小说速度控制得不是特别好,太绕了
評分看到第三十六章,开始时候的兴趣逐渐消失,期待揭开谜题,不想读下去了,觉得小说速度控制得不是特别好,太绕了
The Historian pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025