num_pages: 642
description: 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 co
language: English
title: The Historian
titlecomplete: The Historian (SIGNED and DATED U.K. Advance Uncorrected Proof)
characters: Hugh James, Evá Orbán, Stephen Barley, ____ Getzi, Anton Stoichev, Vlad III, Helen Rossi, Turgut Bora, Bartholomew Rossi, Paul Ross
genres: Fiction, Historical, Gothic, Mystery, Thriller, Vampires, Horror, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 262011
places: Budapest, Istanbul, England, Turkey, Hungary, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Netherlands, Amsterdam
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: International Horror Guild Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Hopwood Award
category: Novel in-progress, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Best Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Debut Author of the Year, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lord Ruthven Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Little Brown