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The Historian Summary & Study Guide Description
The Historian Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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The Historian Plot Summary
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Part One
The Historian begins with a note to the reader. In it, the narrator explains, "This is the story of how as a girl of sixteen I went in search of my father and his past, and of how he went in search of his beloved mentor and his mentor's own history, and of how we all found ourselves on one of the darkest pathways into history." It is the year 2008, thirty-six years since the events she describes transpired.
Chapter 1
The year is 1972 and the narrator is sixteen. She describes herself as an obedient teen, schooled at the International School of Amsterdam and cared for by her diplomat father, Paul, and British housekeeper. Her mother died when she was a baby, and the narrator prefers to spend her time in her father's library when she is not in school. Her father founded the Center for Peace and Democracy and...
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