1. “The Thread” tops the Greek bestseller list.

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    “The Thread”  – “To νήμα” in Greek – published by Dioptra Victoria’s ambitious account of 20th century Thessaloniki through the twin tales of  Dimitri Komninos and Katerina Sarafoglou, is a number 1 bestseller in Greece. Victoria spent much of December touring towns and cities reading from the book (in Greek)...
  2. 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 leper colony off Crete. For her second novel, ‘The Return‘ she tackles another difficult subject: the Civil War which tore Spain apart during the 1930s. Her protagonist, Sonia, travels to Granada to...