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December 12, 2011

‘The Thread,’ a tale of survival and bonding

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British author Victoria Hislop talks about her latest novel, inspired by 20th-century events in Thessaloniki By Sandy Tsantaki Greeks are likely most familiar with Victoria Hislop as the writer of […]

Victoria Hislop talks to Mariella Frostrup on Open Book

October 30, 2011

Victoria talks to Mariella Frostrup on Open Book

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On BBC Radio 4’s “Open Book”, Victoria talks to Mariella Frostrup about the themes and the history behind her new novel “The Thread”, about her love of Greece, sewing costumes […]

October 14, 2011

City of Lost Yarns – An interview with the Independent

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Victoria Hislop returns to Greece for her cocktail of history and romance Interview with Boyd Tonkin, The Independent, Friday, 14 October 2011 (see original) In 1810, that poetic vandal Byron carved […]

September 30, 2009

Private Passions (interview with The Scotsman)

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Victoria talks to Jackie McGlone about “The Return” keeping secrets, and researching her third novel… “VICTORIA HISLOP certainly knows HOW to keep a secret. No mean feat, considering she’s married […]

July 30, 2008

Victoria talks to Jenni Murray on Woman’s Hour

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Victoria Hislop’s first novel, The Island, was an international bestseller. It was about Spinaloga, the island housing a leprosy colony off Crete. For her second novel, ‘The Return‘ she tackles […]

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