Victoria Hislop’s new novel, “The Thread”, is published by Headline books on October 27. Synopsis Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city, where Christians, Jews and Moslems live side by side. It is the first of many catastrophic events that will change for ever this city, as […]
“To Nisi”, Mega TV’s 26-part adaptation of Victoria’s novel “The Island”, is the most successful series in the history of Greek television, watched by almost three-quarters of the population. Now, its success has moved further afield with Mega selling broadcast rights to the series to Germany, Turkey and Croatia, where broadcasting will begin later in […]
Victoria Hislop and her husband, Ian, led the eight-mile Moonlight Walk through Tunbridge Wells on June 17, a night-time walk to raise money for Hospice in the Weald. She said: “I am absolutely delighted to be taking part and supporting our local hospice.” After a stirring speech, Victoria led the countdown and at 10pm, and […]
Victoria Hislop visits a former leprosy colony off Crete I met Manoli Foundoulakis on 20 January 2007, in a hotel in Crete. It was at exactly six o’clock in the evening. His punctuality was only one of the many differences between Manoli and every other Greek I had ever encountered. We met because I had […]
The phenomenal success of the Greek TV production “This Island” (To Nisi) continues. The 26 part series has now been sold in a number of countries and is currently being broadcast in neighbouring Turkey. Broadcast rights for the production have been sold to half a dozen countries including Germany, Cyprus and Croatia, Victoria visited the […]
“Το Νησί”, Mega TV’s adaptation of “The Island” is ‘a phenomenon’. “Το Νησί” premiered on October 11th to record ratings and critical acclaim. The 26-part series is one of the most expensive television shows in Greek television history. The book was adapted by Mirella Papaeconomou and, with Victoria’s permission fleshed our stories and characters. Victoria […]
