The Historian

Overview:

• Title: The Historian
• Author: Elizabeth Kostova
• Year: 2006
• ISBN-10: 0316154547
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Price: $15.99
• Pages: xvi+676+10
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: The Historian
• Notes:
  • On publisher page:
    • "© 2005 by Elizabeth Kostova"
    • "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, June 2005"
    • "First Back Bay paperback edition, October 2006"
    • Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
    • "Book design by Fearn Cutler de Vicq"
    • "Printed in the United States of America"
  • Page xv starts a two-page "A Note to the Reader" written as by the narrator of the book and as such is actually part of the novel.
  • After the end of the novel is a "Reading Group Guide" consisting of an interview and two essay contents, all listed below. Pagination starts over again and to distinguish it from the novel, the page numbers are given in parentheses.
  • There is a short unpaginated "About the Author" section between the end of the novel and the start of the Reading Group Guide.
  • "Cover design by Patti Ratchford" on back cover.