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SPOILER ALERT!! The Secret History Donna Tartt The Secret History is the story of a murder narrated by one of the accomplices to the crime, Richard Papen. Henry, Francis, Charles, Camilla, Edmond and Richard were students of an elite Vermont college who pursued Classics under a charismatic professor Julian.  With his charismatic and sophisticated ways Julian, a highly connected and knowledgeable teacher greatly influenced his students. They looked upto him as a father figure and were proud to be his students and formed a cult like association.  It was Henry who convinced others the need to eliminate Edmond aka Bunny.It was alarming to see how easily others complied!!  It was true that Bunny with his irksome speech and manners irritated everyone of them, and each had reasons to get rid of him.  Was it Alcohol, drugs or psychological issues that led to the crime? Or was it an urge to Implement violent ancient ways into the modern world? Or was it the interp...