I had enjoyed Victoria Hislop's first novel, The Island, and was looking forward to reading The Sunrise before the author visited our literary festival. Most of the novels I have read about Cyprus have been set in the south, so it was interesting to read about Famagusta, the town on the border betwe...
I've always found the idea of scoring anthologies to be a rather daunting prospect, as there are just so many variables to consider before making that final decision. Perhaps I over-think this, but I'd suggest it's difficult enough after digesting, say, fifteen or twenty short stories to condense on...
The 20th century brought many disruptive events to the Greek city of Thessaloniki. Victoria Hislop makes this city’s tale personal by telling its story through the events that affected a few of its families in her third novel. You can read my revised review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/04/...
A friend lent the family saga, which begins during World War I in Thessaloniki and supposedly ends there in the present, to me in order to express her gratitute for the many discarded books I had shoved at her before. I couldn't possibly say 'no' although I knew right from the first glance at the bo...
I love reading novels for the armchair escape and the free history lesson. In this case, the Greek city of Thessaloniki is the setting of The Thread, and one couple's lifelong relationship the columns for holding up this saga-ish look at love, family, national identity, belonging, loss, and war.Star...
I really enjoyed Victoria Hislop’s The Return, a novel set in Granada, and decided to check out her next offering, The Thread.The Thread is set in Thessaloniki, Greece and contains a lot of history – it spans from 1917 to the late 1970s and covers everything from the war with the Turks to World War ...
More 3,75This book opens in the modern era, and ends there, but the rest is all 1917 and forward. A young man is being told the story of his grandparents a and why they do not want to leave the city. Making this a mix of historical fiction and modern fiction.It was a good story about the Katerina an...
I love surprise pressies!A collection of stories to raise money for Breast Cancer Care in association with Woman and Home, introduced by Geri Halliwell.A great way to find out about authors.
I DIDN'T like this, not at all!!! Look, I gave it a very good fair chance...... I can think of two positive things to say about this book. 1. Flamenco is superbly described with an emtion that totally pulls the reader in.2. The reader is given a clear resumé of the time leading up Spanish Civil War ...
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