The Island

A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heart strings * Evening Standard * Passionately engaged with its subject * The Sunday Times * This is a vivid, moving and absorbing tale, with its sensitive, realistic engagement with all the consequences of, and stigma attached to leprosy, elevating it beyond holiday literature * Observer * Hislop carefully evokes the lives of Cretans between the wars and during German occupation, but most commendable is her compassionate portrayal of the outcasts * Guardian * The story of life on Spinalonga, the lepers' island, is gripping and carries real emotional impact. Victoria Hislop . . . brings dignity and tenderness to her novel about lives blighted by leprosy * Telegraph * A page-turning tale that reminds us that love and life continue in even the most extraordinary of circumstances * Sunday Express * War, tragedy and passion unfurl against a Mediterranean backdrop in this engrossing debut novel * You magazine * Wonderful descriptions, strong characters and an intimate portrait of island existence * Woman & Home * A moving and atmospheric tale * The Scotsman * A compelling story that has rarely left the bestseller list this year and deservedly so * Sunday Express *

Victoria Hislop is the multi-million copy bestselling author of eight books, including The Island, The Return, The Thread, The Sunrise, Those Who are Loved, The Last Dance and Other Stories and Cartes Postales from Greece. Her books have been translated into forty languages. Her most recent novel, One August Night, returned to Crete in the long-anticipated sequel to The Island and spent twelve weeks in the Top 10 hardback fiction charts. Victoria was executive producer on the adaptations of The Island, Cartes Postales and One August Night for Greek television - and recently took part in Dancing with the Stars, also on Greek television. Victoria divides her time between England and Greece and, in 2020, was granted honorary citizenship by the President of Greece. She was recently granted an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Sheffield and is patron of Knossos 2025, which has raised funds to rebuild the new research centre at one of Greece's most significant archaeological sites. She is also on the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.