The Island: The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and absorbing holiday read' - Couverture souple

Hislop, Victoria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0755329643 ISBN 13 : 9780755329649

Editeur : Headline Review, 2006

Synopsis

A portrayal of family ties with an authentic Cretan background, winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006, and the Sunday Times number one paperback for eight weeks.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Inspired by a visit to Spinalonga, the abandoned Greek leprosy colony, Victoria Hislop wrote The Island in 2005. It became an international bestseller and a 26-part Greek TV series. She was named Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards and is now an ambassador for Lepra. Her affection for the Mediterranean then took her to Spain, and in the number one bestseller The Return she wrote about the painful secrets of its civil war. In The Thread, Victoria returned to Greece to tell the turbulent tale of Thessaloniki and its people across the twentieth century. Shortlisted for a British Book Award, it confirmed her reputation as an inspirational storyteller.

Her fourth novel, The Sunrise, about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the enduring ghost town of Famagusta, was a Sunday Times number one bestseller. Cartes Postales from Greece, fiction illustrated with photographs, was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback and one of the biggest selling books of 2016. Victoria's most recent novel, the poignant and powerful Those Who Are Loved, was a Sunday Times number one hardback bestseller in 2019 and explores a tempestuous period of modern Greek history through the eyes of a complex and compelling heroine.

Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages.

Victoria divides her time between England and Greece.

In 2020, Victoria was granted Honorary Greek Citizenship by the President of Greece.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline Review
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0755329643
• ISBN 13: 9780755329649
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible