A good book I read last summer with a little history and myth
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
Introduction:
"To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history...."
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor", and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of--a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious...