{"product_id":"island","title":"The Island – Victoria Hislop","description":"\u003cp\u003eVictoria Hislop’s first novel The Island is an international bestseller. It was selected for the Richard and Judy Summer Read, and won Victoria the “Newcomer of the Year” Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heartstrings' Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed million-copy number one bestseller and winner of Richard \u0026amp; 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeen to preserve the integrity of the book and to give something back to the Mediterranean island on which it is based, Hislop spurning Hollywood, the author settled for “far less” from Mega, the Greek broadcaster, which adapted The Island as the  26-part drama To Nisi  which was broadcast in 2010-2011, becoming the most successful television series ever broadcast in Greece. The series has since been sold for syndication to Turkey and Croatia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Island has been translated into more than twenty languages, and has been a bestseller in many countries around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 117.563px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 38.8668%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Pages\" style=\"width: 58.3506%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e496\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 38.8668%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publication Date\" style=\"width: 58.3506%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e2006 (2024)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 38.8668%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publisher\" style=\"width: 58.3506%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eHeadline Publishing Group\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 38.8668%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"ISBN\" style=\"width: 58.3506%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e9780755309511 \/ 9781035418916\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 38.8668%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Binding\" style=\"width: 58.3506%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 38.8668%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Author\" style=\"width: 58.3506%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eVictoria Hislop\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40154826506429,"sku":"island","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/products\/the-island-victoria-hislop-4549425.jpg?v=1765467262","url":"https:\/\/checkout.diavazo.co.uk\/products\/island","provider":"Diavazo Greek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}