The Historical Dracula

[strat60]

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Try reading "Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. It's all bout Vlad the Impaler. Great novel! :mrgreen:

[samokan]

that's where my research start on Vlad Tepes, because of that book

yes very nice novel .. nindot kaau ang description sa mga places.. i would love to visit Istanbul then take a train ride to romania then to germany

[strat60]

that's where my research start on Vlad Tepes, because of that book

yes very nice novel .. nindot kaau ang description sa mga places.. i would love to visit Istanbul then take a train ride to romania then to germany

:mrgreen: I seldom read books authored by women but "Historian" is quite exceptional. I can't wait for her to write another book. Perhaps a sequel..

[samokan]

why don't you try reading "The Labyrinth" by Kate Moose, its another female author, and then tell your reviews afterwards..

come to think of it when it comes to non-romance novel, its only anne rice that i've read so far then elizabeth kostova...

oh forgot.. ursula leguin and cornelia funke and dianne wyvern.. for the fantasy genre that is

[strat60]

why don't you try reading "The Labyrinth" by Kate Moose, its another female author, and then tell your reviews afterwards..

come to think of it when it comes to non-romance novel, its only anne rice that i've read so far then elizabeth kostova...

oh forgot.. ursula leguin and cornelia funke and dianne wyvern.. for the fantasy genre that is

Thanks for the recommendation. You know what?, i've been trying to buy "Labyrinth" also since it deals with the Cathars and crusades. I'm fascinated with this kind of subject.

[samokan]

yup nindot ang labyrinth, you can see/imagine the cruelty of the crusaders.

also lots of historical facts on the crusader era in france .

one scene that really tore my heart was when a soldier ask his commander how to identify the heretics, and then the commander just said God will save them, and so the rampage began..

[strat60]

yup nindot ang labyrinth, you can see/imagine the cruelty of the crusaders.

also lots of historical facts on the crusader era in france .

one scene that really tore my heart was when a soldier ask his commander how to identify the heretics, and then the commander just said God will save them, and so the rampage began..

i'll take your word samokan, i'm gonna buy it then. : i was discouraged at first from reading Labyrinth from what i've read from several critics.

[samokan]

well i got my first review of that book before it was even released, it was on the top list of a certain site which review books even before it was released. Both The Historian and The Labyrinth were considered to be most anticipated books of 2006. Pero comparing the 2 mas nindot ang The Historian gyud.

[Gwynhuever]

^^ kaw jud samokan no...paspas kaayo ka...karon naa na sad ko Labyrinth nga pangitaonon!

anyway on vlad tepes...i knew about him before i read The Historian kay naa man ko migo from Romania....nya ako man jud siya pugson nga mga bampira sila...so kabuang jud siya explain nako sa legend of Drakulya....

OT : sis...nindot ayo nang Hagia Sophia sa Istanbul....kabalo ka sa history ana?

naa sad diay ko ka chat sa una nga into vampirism...kuyaw sad to tawhana oi...ambot sad nako ngano intriga kaayo ko mga bampira sa una....karon na resurrect ako interest kay currently reading The Historian man....

[samokan]

d baya sab kaau paspas, recently lang . Kay tig basa man ko sa Blog ni neil gaiman, and since he is a writer he sometimes writes review of books which have not been released or post some links of ppl who review books even before they are released ..

ako sab gwyn , ako gyud gi-ask kadtong romanian nga i know from a techie site, naka ingon gud siya og "oh dear!!" hehehe ..

bitaw from the description of Hagia Sophia, nindot kaau siya i-visit. Nope have not read it yet. Wala pa ko ka venture kaau sa Turks history