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Victoria Hislop
Born
The United Kingdom
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The Island
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published
2005
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138 editions
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The Thread
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published
2011
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78 editions
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The Return
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published
2008
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2 editions
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One August Night
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published
2020
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34 editions
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Those Who Are Loved
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published
2019
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35 editions
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The Figurine
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published
2023
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5 editions
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The Sunrise
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published
2014
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Cartes Postales from Greece
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published
2016
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33 editions
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The Last Dance and Other Stories
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published
2012
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26 editions
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One Cretan Evening and Other Stories
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published
2011
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5 editions
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“Like any collection of family photographs, it was a random selection that told only fragments of a story. The real tale would be revealed by the pictures that were missing or never even taken at all, not the ones that had been so carefully framed or packed away neatly in an envelope.”
― The Island
― The Island
“The sun rose, the moon saturated the night sky with its silver light and the stars blazed, indifferent to the events happening below them.”
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“They wound their way through a labyrinth of streets, partly following their noses, partly the orientation of the map. Jardines, Mirasol, Cruz, Puentezuelas, Capuchinas...
Each word held its magic. They were like brushstrokes painting the landscape of the city, each one helping to build up a picture of the whole.”
― The Return
Each word held its magic. They were like brushstrokes painting the landscape of the city, each one helping to build up a picture of the whole.”
― The Return
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Which book would you prefer for the January book of the month?
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland
In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire..
GRR 4.13
PB £7.14 Kindle £6.99
448 pages
by Tom Holland
In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire..
GRR 4.13
PB £7.14 Kindle £6.99
448 pages
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses.
Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life
GRR 3.72
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
400 pages
by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as the Wars of the Roses.
Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life
GRR 3.72
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
400 pages
The Thread
by Victoria Hislop
A beautiful and epic novel that spans nearly a hundred years, The Thread is a magnificent story of a friendship and a love that endures through the catastrophes and upheavals of the twentieth century--both natural and man-made--in the turbulent city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
GRR 3.87
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
480 pages
by Victoria Hislop
A beautiful and epic novel that spans nearly a hundred years, The Thread is a magnificent story of a friendship and a love that endures through the catastrophes and upheavals of the twentieth century--both natural and man-made--in the turbulent city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
GRR 3.87
PB £3.86 Kindle £4.99
480 pages
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