Cartes Postales from Greece

When it comes to tales about Greece, Hislop is an undisputed queen - and this is easily her best novel yet * Heat </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * A lavish love letter to Greece * Sunday Mirror </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * Hislop's passionate love of the country breathes from every page * Daily Mail </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * This beautiful novel is illustrated with gorgeous photos to really bring the country to life * Fabulous, Sun on Sunday </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * A tender love story that will make you wish your own summer holiday wasn't a distant memory * Red online </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * A beautiful tale of love, struggle and redemption -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * Prima </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * A discerning fly-on-the-wall view of the country, a heady mix of poetic licence and gravitas. . . Greece works its magic in Hislop's latest ode to the country * The Lady </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * A tantalising glimpse of a country far removed from the usual tourist resorts and beaches * Mail on Sunday </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * Impressively imagined . . . make[s] you want to jump on a plane to Athens * The Sunday Times </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * With sumptuous photography - this is a lavish love letter to Greece * Sunday Mirror </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * Hislop has woven colour photographs of the stunning Greek landscape into her narrative. I enjoyed being transported to Greece on Hislop's wings of words and vivid descriptions * Express </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * Victoria Hislop's love affair with Greece continues, bringing the country triumphantly to life . . . [her] imaginative and compelling stories paint a remarkable portrait of Greece and its history * Sunday Express S Magazine </i>on<i> Cartes Postales from Greece * This is storytelling at its best and just like a tapestry, when each thread is sewn into place, so emerge the layers and history of relationships past and present * Sunday Express </i>on<i> The Thread * A vivid, moving and absorbing tale * Observer </i>on<i> The Island * Peopled with memorable characters, this is a powerful, moving and beautifully told novel of loyalty and love, hope and fear * Choice </i> magazine on <i>The Thread * A beautiful tale of enduring love and unthinking prejudice * Express </i>on<i> The Island * 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 </i>on<i> The Island * Passionately engaged with its subject...meticulously researched * The Sunday Times </i>on<i> The Island * Victoria Hislop writes so vividly about the Med, you can almost feel the scorching heat. An absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal, set during a violent period in the history of Cyprus * Good Housekeeping </i>on<i> The Sunrise * Adroitly plotted and deftly characterised, Hislop's gripping novel tells the stories of ordinary Greek and Turkish families trying to preserve their humanity in a maelstrom of deception, betrayal and ethnic hatred * Mail on Sunday </i>on<i> The Sunrise * Hislop hasn't of course been into Famagusta - no one may, even now - but has stood near the barbed wire and imagined what life was like there, then and now, with her usual gift for presenting bits of history most of us are unfamiliar with from a fictional point of view * Independent on Sunday </i>on<i> The Sunrise * Vibrant... Hislop brings history to life in this compelling tale * Tatler </i>on<i> The Sunrise * Fascinating and moving... Hislop writes unforgettably about

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.