Victoria Hislop
The author of the bestselling novel, The Return ...
After university, Victoria's first job was in book publishing. From there she moved into advertising and public relations. When she had children, she began a career as a freelance journalist writing for The Daily Telegraph on parenting and education, general features for women's magazines and travel writing for The Sunday Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday and High Life.
Victoria has a passion for travel - mostly warm places. She loves her family, sunshine, learning foreign languages, playing tennis and the violin, eating tapas and reading. She prefers music to silence, and loves Chopin, Haydn and Purcell, flamenco guitar, salsa and rumba, Mihaelis Hatzigiannis (Greece's top pop star) and jazz.
Victoria Hislop's first novel The Island has been 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. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Her latest book is The Thread.
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Name: Victoria Hislop
Education: St Hilda's College, Oxford
Date of birth: 8th June
Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Current home: Sissinghurst
Similar authors: Louis de Bernieres
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Beneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra,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 of Granada the family witnesses the worst atrocities of conflict.
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The Return
| Format: | Paperback 592 pages |
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| Published: | 16/04/2009 |
| Publisher: | Headline Review |
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Beneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra, Granada's cobbled streets resonate with music and secrets. Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the... Read more
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The Island
| Format: | Paperback 496 pages |
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| Published: | 10/04/2006 |
| Publisher: | Headline Review |
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On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she... Read more
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