The Return by Victoria Hislop

The Return by Victoria Hislop

An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author.

The Return aims to open the eyes, and tug the heartstrings, of readers. . Hislop deserves a medal for opening a breach into the holiday beach bag

* Independent *

The Return should be required holiday reading for anyone going to Spain

* Daily Mail *

The Return may be a beach book, but it also goes inland and rummages around in the cellars

* The Times *

Fear not, Hislop fans, there was more where [The Island] came from... The story of the Spanish Civil War is...executed with verve and sensitivity

* Sunday Telegraph *

Like a literary Nigella, she whips up a cracking historical romance mixed with a dash of family secrets and a splash of female self-discovery... What sets Hislop apart is her ability to put a human face on the shocking civil conflict that ripped Spain apart for three bloody years . . . Stirring stuff

* Time Out *

Brilliantly recreates the passion that flows through the Andalusian dancers and the dark creative force of duende . . . Hislop has written another worthy candidate for the "best holiday read" category

* Scotland on Sunday *

Brilliant

* Mirror *
A gripping read * Woman & Home *

Victoria Hislop is the multi-million copy bestselling author of ten books, including The Island, The Return, The Thread, The Sunrise, Those Who are Loved, The Last Dance and Other Stories, Cartes Postales from Greece and One August Night. Victoria's most recent novel, The Figurine, topped the UK TCM as the biggest selling single edition in the country for two consecutive weeks in 2024.

Her books have been translated into forty languages and Victoria was executive producer on the adaptations of three of her novels for Greek television.

Victoria divides her time between England and Greece and in 2020 was granted honorary citizenship by the President of Greece. She is Vice President of the British School at Athens, is on the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles and also on the Advisory Board for the Parthenon Project.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Patra and Sheffield. In 2025, she was awarded the Byron Medal for Philhellenism at the Athens Academy and became the first woman to become an honorary member of the Society of Greek Writers.

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ISBN 13	9780755332953
ISBN 10	0755332954
Title	The Return
Author	Victoria Hislop
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2009-04-16
Number of pages	608
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.