Bücher von Victoria Hislop

THE ISLAND won Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006, and was the Sunday Times number one paperback for eight weeks

An Aegian ancient, perfect and priceless figurine, over 5,000 years old, is accidentally broken in two and the fragments are taken on entirely different journeys. For many years, the pieces - head and body - lie hidden in the possession of two women, whose lives are marred by their relationship with this ancient and precious archaeological find.

'The queen of the intelligent beach read' Sunday Express

An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain, from the million-copy bestselling author of The Island

Ihr ganzes Leben lang wünscht sich die Londoner Archäologin Alexis Fielding, mehr über ihre Wurzeln zu erfahren. Doch ihre Mutter Sofia weigert sich, von ihrer griechischen Familie und ihrer Kindheit zu erzählen. Mit fünfundzwanzig beschließt Alexis, sich selbst ein Bild zu machen und reist nach Kreta. In Sofias Heimatort macht sie eine schockierende Entdeckung: Vor der Küste, direkt gegenüber dem Dorf Plaka, liegt die verlassene Felseninsel Spinalonga, wo sich bis in die 1960er-Jahre eine der letzten europäischen Leprakolonien befand. Als Alexis einer alten Freundin ihrer Mutter begegnet, erfährt sie endlich die ganze tragische und zugleich wunderschöne und berührende Geschichte ihrer Familie, die eng verknüpft ist mit dem Schicksal der Leprakranken auf Spinalonga.

Ihr ganzes Leben lang wünscht sich die Londoner Archäologin Alexis Fielding, mehr über ihre Wurzeln zu erfahren. Doch ihre Mutter Sofia weigert sich, von ihrer griechischen Familie und ihrer Kindheit zu erzählen. Mit fünfundzwanzig beschließt Alexis, sich selbst ein Bild zu machen und reist nach Kreta. In Sofias Heimatort macht sie eine schockierende Entdeckung: Vor der Küste, direkt gegenüber dem Dorf Plaka, liegt die verlassene Felseninsel Spinalonga, wo sich bis in die 1960er-Jahre eine der letzten europäischen Leprakolonien befand. Als Alexis einer alten Freundin ihrer Mutter begegnet, erfährt sie endlich die ganze tragische und zugleich wunderschöne und berührende Geschichte ihrer Familie, die eng verknüpft ist mit dem Schicksal der Leprakranken auf Spinalonga.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Island comes a stirring novel about loyalty, love, and resilience in the face of tremendous upheaval--a saga of survival set during the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état that tells the intersecting stories of three families whose lives are decimated when brewing ethnic tensions erupt into conflict.Summer 1972--Famagusta is Cyprus's most glamorous city and the most desirable tourist destination in the Mediterranean, and the Papacostas are right at the center of it. Aphroditi and her husband Savvas own The Sunrise, a wildly successful new luxury hotel. Frequented by only the very wealthiest of Europe's elite, The Sunrise--especially its alluring nightclub--quickly becomes the place to see and be seen. Yet beneath the veneer of tranquil opulence simmers mounting hostility between the Greeks and the Turks. Years of unrest and ethnic violence come to a head when, in 1974, Greece's coup d'état provokes a Turkish attack on beautiful Famagusta.The fallout sends the island's inhabitants spiraling into fear and chaos, and the Papacostas join an exodus of people who must abandon their idyllic lives in Famagusta and flee to refugee camps. In the end, only two families remain in the decimated city: the Özkans and the Georgious. One is Turkish Cypriot, the other Greek Cypriot and the tension between them is palpable. But with resources scarce and the Turkish militia looming large, both families must take shelter in the deserted hotel as they battle illness, hunger, fear, and their own prejudices while struggling to stay alive.Juxtaposing a powerful narrative of war against the glittering affluence of the 1970s Mediterranean coast, The Sunrise is a moving story about the measures we take to protect what we love.

From the internationally acclaimed author of The Island and The Return comes a sweeping and unforgettable story of love and friendship and the choices that must be made when loyalties are challenged.Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917: As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city where Christians, Jews, and Muslims live side by side. It is the first of many catastrophic events that will forever change this place and its people. Five years later, as the Turkish army pushes west through Asia Minor, young Katerina loses her mother in the crowd of refugees clambering for boats to Greece. Landing in Thessaloniki's harbor, she is at the mercy of strangers in an unknown city. For the next eighty years, the lives of Dimitri and Katerina will be entwined with each other and?through Nazi occupation, civil war, persecution, and economic collapse?with the story of their homeland.Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007: A young Anglo-Greek hears his grandparents' remarkable story for the first time and understands he has a decision to make. For decades, Dimitri and Katerina have looked after the treasures of those who have been forced from their beloved city. Should he stay and become their new custodian?

Already a #1 bestseller in the UK, The Return is a captivating new novel of family, love, and betrayal set against a backdrop of civil war, flamenco, and fiery Spanish passion. The author of the beloved international bestseller The Island, Victoria Hislop now transports the reader to Granada, Spain, in a time of historic turmoil. The Return is a colorful and spellbinding saga of a family inspired by music and dance, only to be torn apart by fragile hearts and divided loyalties during the bitter war that brought the dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco to power.

The Petrakis family lives in the small Greek seaside village of Plaka. Just off the coast is the tiny island of Spinalonga, where the nation's leper colony once was located?a place that has haunted four generations of Petrakis women. There's Eleni, ripped from her husband and two young daughters and sent to Spinalonga in 1939, and her daughters Maria, finding joy in the everyday as she dutifully cares for her father, and Anna, a wild child hungry for passion and a life anywhere but Plaka. And finally there's Alexis, Eleni's great-granddaughter, visiting modern-day Greece to unlock her family's past.A richly enchanting novel of lives and loves unfolding against the backdrop of the Mediterranean during World War II, The Island is an enthralling story of dreams and desires, of secrets desperately hidden, and of leprosy's touch on an unforgettable family.