Episode 14: The Da Racula Code
In 2005, Little, Brown published a vampire book that rocketed to the top of the bestseller charts and became a record breaker. Actually, there were two, one of which was The Historian, a doorstopper of a novel (240 000 words!
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Show Notes
“I would have gotten away with it, if it weren’t for those pesky librarians!”
In 2005, Little, Brown published a vampire book that rocketed to the top of the bestseller charts and became a record breaker. Actually, there were two, one of which was The Historian, a doorstopper of a novel (240 000 words!) that had people devouring the adventures of three generations of academics, as they try to solve the mystery of where Dracula really is.
Sounds exciting, right? Well, as the Bloodsucking Feminists discover upon their reread of the book, some promises are never quite delivered. But hey, at least the episode’s much shorter than the book.
Episode Details
Title: The Da Racula Code
Subject: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Release Date: 30/06/2016
Length: 00:57:56
Trigger/Other Warnings
Mentions/Discussions Of:
- Recent real-person death
- Descriptions of how Vlad got the name “Impaler”
- Vampire-typical violence