The Historian

The US Little, Brown and Company edition (New York, June 2005) is the true first. Kostova is American and the book originated with Little, Brown in New York, which then sold rights into 28 countries. A UK hardback from Little, Brown (London) appeared later in 2005; it is a genuine first UK edition but not the true first, and the census description of the two as simultaneous overstates the case — the US on-sale date precedes.