Posted on 02/07/05
The Dracula Code?
The HistorianBy Elizabeth KostovaLittle, Brown, 647 pages, $34.95The current recipe for creating a bestseller seems to include a historical mystery, ancient and obscure manuscripts, shadowy secret societies and travel to exotic locales. The latest entry in the race is The Historian, for which first-time U.S. novelist Elizabeth Kostova received a $2,000,000 advance. The publicity machine is in high gear: The book is already No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought the film rights for what the press material calls a "spine-tingling masterpiece."
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