2. Homage to Thessaloniki

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    December 29, 2011
    Victoria Hislop’s 2005 novel The Island was translated into more than twenty languages and topped best-seller lists in Greece and the UK. As her eagerly-awaited new book The Thread is published, Mike Sweet talks to the British author (15 Dec 2011, from Neoskosmos.com) After a career in PR and journalism,...
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    Victoria talks to Mariella Frostrup on Open Book

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    October 30, 2011
    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 on the set of the TV adaptation of “The Island” and about why, despite her bestselling books, she still doesn’t...
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    “One Cretan Evening” exclusive e-book

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    September 29, 2011
    A collection of five short stories by Victoria , along with a preview of the first chapter of her upcoming novel The Thread, is published as an e-book exclusive on 15 September priced £1.99. The stories (One Cretan Evening, The Pine Tree, By the Fire, The Warmest Christmas Ever and Aflame...
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    “The Thread” is published on October 27

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    September 29, 2011
    Victoria Hislop’s new novel, “The Thread”, is published by Headline books on October 27. Synopsis Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city, where Christians, Jews and Moslems live side by side. It is the first of many catastrophic events that will change...
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