The Historian

The Historian

 written by Elizabeth Kostova. She uses events from her teens traveling around with her father into a great masterpiece of literature. She tells of the places she went to, the meals she ate, and of course the stories her father told her only when on the road about his years as a young scholar in colledge. Mixed with actual historical facts not only about her life but that of history in Europe itself. The stories her father tells are both cruel and crucial to here for she may be next in the line for the "unfortunate sucessor" that her fathers mentor passed onto him with a book and mysteries travels to istanbul. Though this book is exciting and enchanting it is often long winded and slow at times. Though if you are interested in history and like an occasional fictional burst of genius this is teh book for you . whether you are 17 or 71.