The Island

Beschreibung

***A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.***<BR><BR>'A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heartstrings' Evening Standard<BR><BR>The acclaimed million-copy number one bestseller and winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006. Victoria Hislop tells a dramatic tale of four generations, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through the war, to the present day.<BR><BR>On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past.

But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, and promises that through her she will learn more. <BR><BR> Arriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony.

Then she finds Fotini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. <BR>She discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip...<BR><BR>Praise for The Island. . .<BR><BR>'A vivid, moving and absorbing tale' <BR>Observer<BR><BR>'Victoria Hislop . . . brings dignity and tenderness to her novel about lives blighted by leprosy' <BR>Telegraph<BR><BR>'Wonderful descriptions, strong characters and an intimate portrait of island existence' <BR>Woman & Home<BR><BR>'War, tragedy and passion unfurl against a Mediterranean backdrop in this engrossing debut novel' <BR>You magazine<BR><BR>'Hislop's deep research, imagination and patent love of Crete creates a convincing portrait of times on the island'<BR>Evening Standard<BR><BR>'A page-turning tale that reminds us that love and life continue in even the most extraordinary of circumstances'<BR>Sunday Express <BR><BR>'A beautiful tale of enduring love and unthinking prejudice'<BR>Express<BR><BR>In 2018, The Island was awarded a Nielsen Platinum Bestseller Award in recognition of selling over one million copies in the United Kingdom.<BR><BR>*Victoria's latest novel, THE FIGURINE, is available to order now.*

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