The thrilling corners of Greece that inspired Victoria Hislop

The thrilling corners of Greece that inspired Victoria Hislop

| Greece, news
October 27, 2020

Novelist Victoria Hislop has found ‘the storytelling spark’ in Crete, Thessaloniki and the streets of Athens. Who better to ask for an inspirational guide to their highlights? (from The Telegraph, October 27, 2020) Greece has become more than a second home – it has also given me a second citizenship....
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Five best books about . . . Greece — chosen by Victoria Hislop

| Greece, news
July 26, 2019

(for The Times, July 26 2019) These five books are important works about Greece — fiction and nonfiction — and all of them will help any reader to understand the country in greater depth. Most importantly, they are not about ancient times, but Greece today, as it was shaped by...
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Patra represents the extremes of Greece – sublime and mundane

| Cartes Postales, Greece, news
July 30, 2017

It took Victoria Hislop a while, but she learned to love the chaos and joy of Greece’s third-largest city (in The Guardian, Saturday 29 July 2017) When I visited Patra for the first time, I was baffled. Driving in from Athens through the modern sprawl along the coast, I couldn’t understand how...
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Revisiting “The Island”

| Greece, Leprosy, news, The Island
July 29, 2017

As Spinalonga enters the final stage of its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cast and crew of the iconic Greek MEGA TV show The Island look back and share their memories (Manos Drakonakis for Neoskosmos) Once synonymous with suffering and death, Spinalonga, the jewel of Mirabello Bay, has...
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Cartes Postales from Greece

| Book, Cartes Postales, Greece
August 2, 2016

A delightful and original new book from multimillion-copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop, author of The Island and The Sunrise Week after week, the postcards arrive, addressed to a name Ellie does not know, with no return address, each signed with an initial: A. With their bright skies, blue seas and...
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City culture or island life? I still can’t decide.

| Greece, news
February 18, 2015

(from The Sunday Times 08/02/2015) My love for Greece began as a holiday romance nearly 40 years ago. I was a teenager and landed in Athens one blisteringly hot day in August with my mother and sister. It was only my second time out of England. In spite of the...
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