Cartes Postales from Greece

Critics Review

• Victoria Hislop’s love affair with Greece continues, bringing the country triumphantly to life . . . [her] imaginative and compelling stories paint a remarkable portrait of Greece and its history

  Sunday Express S Magazine on Cartes Postales from Greece

• Hislop has woven colour photographs of the stunning Greek landscape into her narrative. I enjoyed being transported to Greece on Hislop’s wings of words and vivid descriptions

  Express on Cartes Postales from Greece

• When it comes to tales about Greece, Hislop is an undisputed queen – and this is easily her best novel yet

  Heat on Cartes Postales from Greece

• A lavish love letter to Greece

  Sunday Mirror on Cartes Postales from Greece

• Hislop’s passionate love of the country breathes from every page

  Daily Mail on Cartes Postales from Greece

• This beautiful novel is illustrated with gorgeous photos to really bring the country to life

  Fabulous, Sun on Sunday on Cartes Postales from Greece

• A tender love story that will make you wish your own summer holiday wasn’t a distant memory

  Red online on Cartes Postales from Greece

• A beautiful tale of love, struggle and redemption

  Prima on Cartes Postales from Greece

• A discerning fly-on-the-wall view of the country, a heady mix of poetic licence and gravitas. . . Greece works its magic in Hislop’s latest ode to the country

  The Lady on Cartes Postales from Greece

• A tantalising glimpse of a country far removed from the usual tourist resorts and beaches

  Mail on Sunday on Cartes Postales from Greece

• Intelligent and immersive… Hislop’s incisive narrative weaves a vast array of fact through a poignant, compelling family saga

  The Sunday Times on The Sunrise

• Impressively imagined . . . make[s] you want to jump on a plane to Athens

  The Sunday Times on Cartes Postales from Greece

• Fascinating and moving… Hislop writes unforgettably about Cyprus and its people

  The Times on The Sunrise

• Adroitly plotted and deftly characterised, Hislop’s gripping novel tells the stories of ordinary Greek and Turkish families trying to preserve their humanity in a maelstrom of deception, betrayal and ethnic hatred

  Mail on Sunday on The Sunrise

• Victoria Hislop writes so vividly about the Med, you can almost feel the scorching heat. An absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal, set during a violent period in the history of Cyprus

  Good Housekeeping on The Sunrise

• Vibrant… Hislop brings history to life in this compelling tale

  Tatler on The Sunrise

• Hislop hasn’t of course been into Famagusta – no one may, even now – but has stood near the barbed wire and imagined what life was like there, then and now, with her usual gift for presenting bits of history most of us are unfamiliar with from a fictional point of view

  Independent on Sunday on The Sunrise

• Hislop carefully evokes the lives of Cretans between the wars and during German occupation, but most commendable is her compassionate portrayal of the outcasts

  Guardian on The Island

• A beautiful tale of enduring love and unthinking prejudice

  Express on The Island

• A vivid, moving and absorbing tale

  Observer on The Island