Victoria Hislop

Alexis, joven arqueóloga británica de origen griego, decide viajar a Grecia para desentrañar la misteriosa historia de su familia que jamás se han atrevido a contarle. Antes de partir, su madre le da una carta para que la lleve a una vieja amiga, prometiéndole que le ayudará a desvelar los acontecimientos que marcaron a la familia, empezando por el horrible destino de su bisabuela Eleni, condenada al exilio en la Isla de Spinalonga tras haber contraído la lepra en 1939. Sus dos hijas Anna y María, protagonizaron una trama de fascinantes amores e infidelidades que, junto a las intrigas familiares y los sentimientos de repulsa que provoca la lepra permitirán a Alexis descubrir los terribles secretos que su madre, Sofía, le ha ocultado durante tantos años. Una familia, en fin, destrozada por la tragedia, los acontecimientos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y las pasiones amorosas.

A dramatic and moving story set in the same world as the international bestseller The Island from the celebrated novelist Victoria Hislop. The absorbing story of the Cretan village of Plaka and the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony - is told to us by Maria Petrakis, one of the children in the original version of The Island. She tells us of the ancient and misunderstood disease of leprosy, exploring the themes of stigma, shame and the treatment of those who are different, which are as relevant for children as adults.Gill Smith's rich, full-colour illustrations will transport the reader to the timeless and beautiful Greek landscape and Mediterranean seascape.

Athens 1941. After decades of political uncertainty, Greece is polarised between Right- and Left-wing views when the Germans invade.Fifteen-year-old Themis comes from a family divided by these political differences. The Nazi occupation deepens the fault-lines between those she loves just as it reduces Greece to destitution. She watches friends die in the ensuing famine and is moved to commit acts of resistance.In the civil war that follows the end of the occupation, Themis joins the Communist army, where she experiences the extremes of love and hatred and the paradoxes presented by a war in which Greek fights Greek.Eventually imprisoned on the infamous islands of exile, Makronisos and then Trikeri, Themis encounters another prisoner whose life will entwine with her own in ways neither can foresee. And finds she must weigh her principles against her desire to escape and live.As she looks back on her life, Themis realises how tightly the personal and political can become entangled. While some wounds heal, others deepen.

Près de dix ans après la publication deL'Île des oubliés, Victoria Hislop redonne vie aux personnages qui ont ému plus d'un demi-million de lecteurs français.Le 25 août 1957, la colonie de lépreux de

Multi-million copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop returns with the captivating tale of one woman's quest to come to terms with her family's brutal past.

Dans sa boîte aux lettres, Ellie trouve, semaine après semaine, des cartes postales signées d'une simple initiale : A. Pourquoi lui parviennent-elles ? Qui en est l'expéditeur ? Portant l'éclat du ci

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Cartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, and The Sunrise. It is fiction in full colour - magical and unique. 'Hislop's passionate love of the country breathes from every page' Daily Mail 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 alluring images of Greece, these cartes postales brighten her life. After six months, to her disappointment, they cease. But the montage she has created on the wall of her flat has cast a spell. She must see this country for herself. On the morning Ellie leaves for Athens, a notebook arrives. Its pages tell the story of a man's odyssey through Greece. Moving, surprising and sometimes dark, A's tale unfolds with the discovery not only of a culture but also of a desire to live life to the full once more.

Avec le talent qu''on lui connaît, Victoria Hislop nous emmène au fil de dix nouvelles à travers les rues d''Athènes et les parcs ombragés des villages grecs. En évoquant leurs atmosphères si particu

"Sonia e Maggie sono due giovani amiche inglesi, la prima sposata con un uomo piu anziano di lei e non troppo felice, la seconda single. Sono in vacanza a Granada per il compleanno di un loro amico e perche vogliono seguire un corso di salsa. Ma quella che sembrava una vacanza, diventa l''occasione perche segreti del passato vengano a galla. Grazie all''amicizia con un anziano barista - Miguel - le due donne poco a poco scoprono le ""verita"" del paese. La madre di Sonia, morta quando lei era appena nata, era infatti spagnola ma per anni aveva dovuto negare le sue origini, costretta dalle vicende politiche... e da una sua relazione con un oppositore al regime di Franco potrebbe essere nata Sonia. Chi e, infine, Miguel, questo anziano, misterioso depositario di mille storie? "

In the summer of 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple open the island's most spectacular hotel, where Greek and Turkish Cypriots work in harmony. Two neighbouring families, the Georgious and the Ozkans, are among many who moved to Famagusta to escape the years of unrest and ethnic violence elsewhere on the island. But beneath the city's facade of glamour and success, tension is building. When a Greek coup plunges the island into chaos, Cyprus faces a disastrous conflict. Turkey invades to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority, and Famagusta is shelled. Forty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldiers. In the deserted city, just two families remain. This is their story.

Chypre, été 1972. La ville de Famagouste héberge la station balnéaire la plus prisée de la Méditerranée, où Chypriotes grecs et turcs vivent en parfaite harmonie. Un couple ambitieux y ouvre Le Sunri

Tesalónica , 1917. Al tiempo que Dimitri Komnin os nace a la vida, un descomunal incendio asola la ciudad en la que cristianos, judíos y musulmanes conviven desde hace siglos. Cinco años más tarde, el ejercito turco destroza el hogar de Katerina Sarafoglou en Asia Menor. Perdiendo a su madre en el caos reinante, Katerina llega, atravesando el mar Egeo en barco, hasta Grecia. Pronto su vida se vera intimamente ligada a la de Dimitri y a la de la propia Tesalonica, mientras la guerra, el miedo y las persecuciones comienzan a dividir a sus gentes. Tesalonica, 2007. Un joven estudiante de ascendencia inglesa y griega escucha por primera vez la historia vital de sus abuelos y descubre que tiene que tomar una decision largamente pospuesta. Durante muchas decadas ellos han guardado con celo el recuerdo y los tesoros de todos aquellos que sobrevivieron a una epoca turbulenta y violenta. ¿Deberia ahora recoger el relevo, convertirse en el proximo custodio y hacer de esa calida y luminosa ciudad su nuevo hogar?

L''été s''achève à Plaka, un village sur la côte nord de la Crète. Alexis, une jeune Anglaise diplômée d''archéologie, a choisi de s''y rendre parce que c''est là que sa mère est née et a vécu jusqu'

The captivating and enthralling novel from Victoria Hislop, the million-copy bestselling author of The Island and The Return.

Beneath the majestic towers of theAlhambra,Granada''s cobbled streets resonate with music and secrets. Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the city''s shocking past; she is here to dance. But in a quiet cafe, a chance conversation and an intriguing collection of old photographs draw her into the extraordinary tale ofSpain''s devastating civil war. Seventy years earlier, the cafe is home to the close-knit Ramirez family. In 1936, an army coup led by Franco shatters the country''s fragile peace, and in the heart ofGranada the family witnesses the worst atrocities of conflict. Divided by politics and tragedy, everyone must take a side, fighting a personal battle asSpain rips itself apart.