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Helen Rossi
Birth name Elena. Anthropology student at the University of Budapest, who won a stipendium to study abroad....
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Paul Ross
Historian from Boston...
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Vlad Iii
An historical figure who lived from 1431-1476 and ruled Wallachia (westernmost province of todays Romania). Called Dracula (“son of Dracul”) because his father Vlad I was the Dracul, the first of the Order of the Dragon, created to oust the infidels (the ...
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Hugh James
Professor of Rastern European history at Oxford University, England. Colleague of Rossi, and advisor to Bartleby....
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Evá Orbán
Helens Aunt Evá, who with her husband János Orbán, raised Helen in Budapest. Evá was the third child of poor Transylvanian farmers and older sister of Helens mother, the youngest daughter. Fiercely determined and intelligent, she worked her way into a sen...
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Stephen Barley
Young undergraduate student at Oxford University whom Master Hugh tasks with watching over Professor Rosss daughter. Tall, gangly, with pale hair and blue eyes....
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Anton Stoichev
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Family name of Helens mother and aunt Evá....
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Turgut Bora
A character in the novel named after a realperson, a source of info for the author. In the book, he is a professor at Istanbul University....