By Tasmina Perry For You Magazine In the library of London’s Hellenic Centre, Victoria Hislop is telling me how filming Dancing with the Stars – the Greek version of Strictly Come Dancing – made her cry. ‘It was an amazing experience, but hardcore,’ says the bestselling author, whose ten books have sold more than ten […]
When people talk about school being the happiest time of their lives, I utterly subscribe to that. I am the very fortunate product of a fantastic grammar-school education. I was a bright girl, which I say without embarrassment because when I was at my best, I was top of the class and top in exams. […]
Victoria on the BBC’s “Inheritance Tracks” discussing songs inherited from her parents and songs she would pass on to her children Featuring Take Five by Dave Brubeck and Pio Poli by Michalis Hatzigiannis
Victoria Hislop has returned to the islands of Greece for her new book, and her first novel for children, Maria’s Island. She joined the Graham Norton Radio Show with Waitrose to chat about how she adapted the book from her original novel The Island. Explaining why she was suprised she didn’t have more pushback […]
Svelte and dressed in black, Victoria Hislop looks healthy and relaxed as she sits at a corner table for afternoon tea. The sun is out, there’s a pleasant hubbub in the cafe and for a moment 1 imagine we’re in Greece, such is her ability to transport us through her stories (her readership totals 10 […]
Following on from the success of The Island, The Sunrise and Cartes Postales from Greece, Victoria Hislop’s latest novel, Those Who Are Loved, is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece in World War II, the subsequent civil war and military dictatorship. The novel sheds light on the complexity and trauma of […]
