Elizabeth Kostova writes historical and gothic fiction built around archives, travel and mysteries that move between present investigation and older stories. The Historian follows a young woman who discovers that her father and mentor were both researching Vlad the Impaler and the possibility that the Dracula legend has a real supernatural basis. Letters, libraries, monasteries and journeys across Europe form as much of the mystery as the vampire plot itself. The Swan Thieves turns to art history and a psychiatrist trying to understand a painter obsessed with a nineteenth-century woman, while The Shadow Land uses Bulgaria and family memory. Kostova's novels are long, atmospheric and research-heavy, fitting literary gothic, historical mystery and book-centred suspense. Read more Less
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