1. Victoria Officially Becomes Honorary Citizen of Greece

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    September 25, 2020
    British best-selling author Victoria Hislop was officially sworn-in as a Greek citizen during a ceremony in Athens on Thursday. The author in July had been granted the Greek citizenship by Hellenic Republic President Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou for her contribution to the promotion of Greece’s history and traditions through her books. She...
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    Out now in Paperback: “Those Who Are Loved”

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    September 25, 2020
    The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller Those Who Are Loved is now in paperback. Set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars. Themis is part of a family bitterly divided by politics and, as a...
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    My Love Affair with Greece

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    September 25, 2020
    As she’s made an honorary citizen, bestselling novelist Victoria Hislop raises a glass of ouzo to the country that stole her heart 40 years ago She had scarcely travelled anywhere at all. Yet, recently separated from my father and keen for adventure, my mother, Mary, decided to whisk my sister...
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    Victoria is given Honorary Greek Citizenship

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    September 25, 2020
    The  author of bestsellers including “The Island” and “Those Who Are Loved,” may officially consider herself Greek. Greece’s President Katerini Sakellaropoulou has signed an honorary naturalization order allowing the 61-year-old novelist to claim Greek citizenship. Hislop, who has a holiday house in Crete where she spends several months a year, was granted...
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Events

  • 27/10/2020
  • Book now for a magical live stream event with Victoria Hislop and Chorleywood Bookshop on Tuesday 27th October (7.30pm-8.30pm) Victoria will be talking about her new book ONE AUGUST NIGHT...
  • 28/10/2020
  • Book your tickets to see Victoria Hislop in a live stream event with Sevenoaks Bookshop on Wednesday 28th October (7.30pm-8.30pm) as Victoria introduces her gorgeous new novel ONE AUGUST NIGHT....
  • 05/11/2020
  • Book your tickets to join Victoria Hislop as she steps into the Griffin Books virtual bookshop on Thursday 5th November for a live stream event at 8pm. Tickets are £15.00...
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