Ellie is miserable, but a shaft of Mediterranean sunlight enters her life when she starts receiving a series of Cartes Postales from Greece signed by an anonymous ‘A’. When they stop arriving after six months she decides to go and visit the country. As she sets off, a notebook arrives from ‘A’ telling of his […]
By Victoria Hislop For The Mail On Sunday “In my new book, Cartes Postales From Greece, my fictional character makes a journey around Greece and falls in love with the Peloponnese. In order to write about him, I had to go travelling myself, heading westwards from Athens to this wonderful southernmost part of mainland Greece. […]
There are many small churches on the island of Andros. This one is almost high enough to be a lighthouse and must be visible to boats for a long way before they come in to the harbour. It is named after Icarus, who in mythology, drowned in the sea close-by.
The mati, the eye: This is a very common symbol in Greece and throughout the Middle-East. In Greece, at baptisms, a ‘mati’ is pinned on to the baby’s clothing (and every guest is given one to wear). This protects the child from evil. Most people in Greece have an eye hanging in their house […]
Victoria’s new book Cartes Postales from Greece is published on 22 September and Lovereading have ten Limited Edition 64-page Hardback samplers to give away. This special book is not only an extraordinary piece of fiction it is illustrated with photographs that make this journey, inspired by the beauty of her beloved Greece, already alive in […]
“The title was born at a very specific moment… I’ve actually got it written in my notebook because it was this great eureka moment.” Victoria Hislop discusses the inspiration behind the title for Cartes Postales with Headline’s Creative Director Patrick Insole.
