The new Sunday Times #1 bestseller from Victoria Hislop, Those Who Are Loved is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars. Click here to read an exclusive extract from Those Who Are Loved Themis is part of a family […]
Victoria Hislop has received four Specsavers Bestseller awards for her bestselling titles: The Island, The Thread, The Return and The Sunrise. Her 2005-published novel, The Island, which was inspired by a visit to an abandoned Greek leprosy colony, receives a Platinum award for selling over a million copies. It became a 26-part Greek TV series and win Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards. The Thread, The Return and The Sunrise, the last […]
I’ve wanted to visit Thessaloniki, which sits on the northern edge of the Thermaic Gulf, ever since I read Victoria Hislop’s The Thread, a sprawling family saga that starts in 1917 and continues through the war years to the present day. It is largely thanks to her that I now spend so much time in Crete. Her novels aren’t just very readable. They can turn you into a Hellenophile.
In an interview with Country Life, Zara Tindall listed a few of her favourite things, and confesses to be a fan of Victoria Hislop: Where is your favourite place in Britain? Scotland What is your favourite building? Duart Castle, Isle of Mull Book? I enjoy Victoria Hislop’s novels Music? Ed Sheeran Holiday? Australia Dinner guest? […]
It took Victoria Hislop a while, but she learned to love the chaos and joy of Greece’s third-largest city (in The Guardian, Saturday 29 July 2017) When I visited Patra for the first time, I was baffled. Driving in from Athens through the modern sprawl along the coast, I couldn’t understand how the third largest city in […]
As Spinalonga enters the final stage of its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cast and crew of the iconic Greek MEGA TV show The Island look back and share their memories (Manos Drakonakis for Neoskosmos) Once synonymous with suffering and death, Spinalonga, the jewel of Mirabello Bay, has risen to world fame through […]
