Fantastic First Novel for Kostova
"The Historian" is an exciting and thrilling novel spanning most of the 20th century and more. Think the "Da Vinci Code" but centered around Vlad Tepes III, the Impaler (the real life Dracula whom Brom Stroker used in his novel). My only knock on this book, and here it is more personal then anything else, but it took me forever to get through this book, but the second half was a lot faster. But again, this is just me. Kostova is an extremely gifted writer who has done her homework. You will not be dissappointed with this masterpiece.