The Figurine is set during the period of the Junta army dictatorship in Greece in the 1960s and 1970s, and Victoria’s story was inspired by the Cycladic figurine and the influence they had on 20th century art. She wanted to explore the crime that beauty and antiquity can drive people to. Speaking on The Graham […]
THE LAST BOOK THAT MADE ME LAUGH I always feel guilty that I don’t read every issue of Private Eye from cover to cover (my husband, Ian, is the editor), but I always catch up with the Private Eye Annual, which has the very best of the year’s jokes. And then I annoy him even […]
Jules, Rebecca, Rachel and Emma chat with Victoria Hislop about her latest book, The Figurine. We also talk about Greece, archaeology, Strictly Come Dancing and book recommendations
My autumn reading will be a mix of comfort and challenge with the occasional diversion into something chilling. I tend to alternate between non-fiction and fiction, from more gentle reading to something exciting (though rarely hardcore crime). I think if we read in the same genre all the time, then one book starts to get […]
As Annabel Croft takes to the dance floor five months after her husband’s death, her friend VICTORIA HISLOP reveals why the ballroom could be the thing to distract her from devastating heartache by Victoria Hislop for the Daily Mail Her grief was all too apparent. ‘It’s been a terrible, terrible time,’ said Annabel Croft recently, […]
