Island - The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and absorbing holiday read' (Hislop Victoria)(Paperback / softback)
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EAN: 9780755309511
Výrobní číslo: 9780755309511
*Pre-order THE FIGURINE, the brand-new novel from Victoria Hislop. Coming September 2023.****A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.***''A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heartstrings'' Evening StandardThe 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.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. 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. She discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip...Praise for The Island. . .''A vivid, moving and absorbing tale'' Observer''Victoria Hislop
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Autor | Victoria Hislop |
Jazyk | anglický |
Nakladatelství | Nakladatelství |
Počet stran | 496 |
Rok vydania | 2006 |
Rok vydání | Rok vydání |
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