Name: One August Night
Rating: 3.642857142857143 (7 reviews)
ISBN: 9781472278449

Victoria Hislop

Sequel to Much-Loved Classic, the Island

One August Night

'Victoria Hislop's view of history in her novels is, like the writer herself, a compassionate and generous one' Scotsman Beloved author Victoria Hislop returns to Crete in this long-anticipated sequel to her multi-million-copy Number One bestseller, The Island. 25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a moment of violence has devastating consequences. When time stops dead for Maria Petrakis and her sister, Anna, two families splinter apart and, for the people of Plaka, the closure of Spinalonga is forever coloured with tragedy. In the aftermath, the question of how to resume life looms large. Stigma and scandal need to be confronted and somehow, for those impacted, a future built from the ruins of the past. Number one bestselling author Victoria Hislop returns to the world and characters she created in The Island - the award-winning novel that remains one of the biggest selling reading group novels of the century. It is finally time to be reunited with Anna, Maria, Manolis and Andreas in the weeks leading up to the evacuation of the island... and beyond. Discover for yourself why ten million readers worldwide love the novels of Victoria Hislop... 'Anyone who reads Victoria Hislop's novels falls in love with Greece - and not just the beaches and ancient sites but with the people and their recent history' S Mag 'Nobody writes about Greece quite like Victoria Hislop' Red 'Brilliantly researched historical fiction' Observer 'Brings Greek history to compelling life' Sunday Times 'When it comes to tales about Greece, Hislop is an undisputed queen' Heat

Sequel to much-loved classic, The Island

Different to what I normally read but as the story unfolded the characters developed 

Joanna Tweedale

Kaitlyn Bailey 

In this book we follow multiple POVs, we see relationships fall apart and we see death, the "main" character Manolis through the heart ache of losing Anna the person he loved the most, he flees his town to another town where he meets so many people that he grows close to. the thing I liked about this book is that it isn't just one persons heart ache from losing Anna, we follow the sister of Anna to a prison for a while in this book as she visits her sisters killer, which kind of thrown me off the book because i get a lot of people will forgive those who hurt them but its just weird I think that's what made me dislike parts of the book as Maria I feel was maybe in love with Andreas but we don't get to see that. I gave this book 4 stars because it was a really good book I just think I got lost somewhere and couldn't quite figure it out.

Kathy Allatt

Carmen Maria

Jenny Viklund

Lorraine

Katerina Matzavinou 

Beloved author Victoria Hislop returns to Crete in this long-anticipated sequel to her multi-million-copy Number One bestseller, The Island. 'Victoria Hislop's view of history in her novels is, like the writer herself, a compassionate and generous one' Scotsman After many thousands of years, a cure for leprosy has finally been found. On 25th August 1957, a great celebration is held in Plaka to celebrate the closure of Spinalonga, a night which marks the beginning of liberation for the hundreds of sick who have been imprisoned there. But a cataclysmic event that same night turns it into a very different occasion. For some, it will mean a lifelong loss of liberty. Victoria Hislop returns with compelling sweep to the characters she left behind in The Island. One death will impact the lives of three men bound by the love of a remarkable woman. 'Victoria Hislop . . . brings dignity and tenderness to her novel about lives blighted by leprosy' Telegraph 'Wonderful descriptions, strong characters and an intimate portrait of island existence' Woman & Home

One August Night Sequel to Much-Loved Classic, the Island

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