Victoria on BBC Breakfast
September 21, 2016
Victoria discusses “Cartes Postales from Greece” with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin on BBC Breakfast
Victoria on BBC Breakfast
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Listen to “Cartes Postales”…
September 15, 2016Listen to an exclusive excerpt from Cartes Postales from Greece read by Dan Stevens -
Sainsbury’s Author of the Month
September 8, 2016Ellie is miserable, but a shaft of Mediterranean sunlight enters her life when she starts receiving a series of Cartes Postales from Greece signed by an anonymous ‘A’. When they stop arriving after six months she decides to go and visit the country. As she sets off, a notebook arrives... -
Finding Inspiration in the Peloponnese
September 5, 2016By Victoria Hislop For The Mail On Sunday “In my new book, Cartes Postales From Greece, my fictional character makes a journey around Greece and falls in love with the Peloponnese. In order to write about him, I had to go travelling myself, heading westwards from Athens to this wonderful... -
Postcards #2: Hilltop church, Andros
August 30, 2016There are many small churches on the island of Andros. This one is almost high enough to be a lighthouse and must be visible to boats for a long way before they come in to the harbour. It is named after Icarus, who in mythology, drowned in the sea close-by. -
Postcards #1: The Eye
August 30, 2016The mati, the eye: This is a very common symbol in Greece and throughout the Middle-East. In Greece, at baptisms, a ‘mati’ is pinned on to the baby’s clothing (and every guest is given one to wear). This protects the child from evil. Most people in Greece have an...
