詳細書目
| 類型/形式: | Fiction Roman |
|---|---|
| 資料類型: | 小說 |
| 文件類型: | 圖書 |
| 所有的作者/貢獻者: |
Elizabeth Kostova; İdem Erman |
| ISBN: | 9751023734 9789751023735 0316730300 9780316730303 |
| OCLC系統控制編碼: | 86073875 |
| 描述: | 648 p. ; 22 cm. |
| 責任: | Elizabeth Kostova ; çeviren İdem Erman. |
摘要:
"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." "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."--BOOK JACKET.
