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Title: THE ISLAND
By: Victoria Hislop, Emilia Fox
Format: Downloadable audio file

List price: £13.99


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ISBN 10: 0755337891
ISBN 13: 9780755337897
Publisher: HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP
Pub. date: 25 September, 2006
Edition: Unabridged
Description: The acclaimed million-copy number one bestseller
Synopsis: The acclaimed million-copy number one bestseller and winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006 from Victoria Hislop is a dramatic tale of four generations, rent by war, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through the war, to the present day. 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 admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, and promises that through her she will learn more. Arriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony. Then she finds Fotini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip...(P)2006 Headline Digital
Publication: UK
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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A SONG FOR SUMMER (CD)
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AGNES GREY (AUD)
AGNES GREY (CD)
ALONE ON A WIDE WIDE SEA
ALONE ON A WIDE WIDE SEA (CD)
BESIDE THE SEA
BIRDS OF A FEATHER (CD)
BIRDS OF A FEATHER (CD)
BURNING BRIGHT
BURNING BRIGHT (CD)
CAEDMON'S SONG (AUD)
CAEDMON'S SONG (CD)
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE (HB)
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE (PB)
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE (PB)
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE (PB)
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE (PB)
CARTES POSTALES FROM GREECE SIGNED ED (HB)
DEATH COMES AS THE END
DEATH COMES AS THE END (CD)
DESTINATION UNKNOWN
DESTINATION UNKNOWN (CD)
FIGURINE
FIGURINE (HB)
FIGURINE (PB)
FIND A SMILE
FIX YOUR LIFE - NOW! (PB)
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
GASLIGHT (CD)
GO TO TOWN
GOLD
GOLD (CD)
GRASSHOPPER (AUD)
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (AUD)
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (CD)
IL RITORNO A GRANADA (PB)
ISLAND
ISLAND (PB)
ISLAND SIGNED EDITION (PB)
JANE AUSTEN, THE COMPLETE NOVELS (CD)
L'ILE DES OUBLIEES (PB)
L'ILE DES OUBLIES (PB)
LA CIUDAD HUERFANA (PB)
LA ISLA (PB)
LABYRINTH (CD)
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER (CD)
LOS HILOS DE LA MEMORIA (PB)
MADAME BOVARY
MAGICAL CHILDREN (CD)
MAGICAL CHILDREN (CD)
MAISIE DOBBS (CD)
MARIA''S ISLAND (HB)
MARIAS ISLAND (PB)
MELROSE AND CROC
MELROSE AND CROC
MELROSE AND CROC
NEMESIS
NIGHT SKY (CD)
ONE AUGUST NIGHT
ONE AUGUST NIGHT
ONE AUGUST NIGHT
ONE AUGUST NIGHT (HB)
ONE CRETAN EVENING AND OTHER STORIES
ONLY TIME WILL TELL (CD)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (CD)
REBECCA
REBECCA (AUD)
REBECCA (CD)
RESTORING GRACE (CD)
RESTORING GRACE (CD)
RETURN
RETURN SIGNED EDITION (HB)
RETURN SIGNED EDITION (PB)
RIVER BOY
RIVER BOY (CD)
SECRETS OF THE TIDES (AUD)
SECRETS OF THE TIDES (CD)
SECRETS OF THE TIDES (CD)
SHOPAHOLIC & BABY (CD)
SHOPAHOLIC ABROAD (CD)
SINK OR SWIM
SO SUPERSTARRY (AUD)
SORCERESS (AUD)
THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL
THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL (CD)
THE GROWING STORY
THE ISLAND
THE ISLAND
THE ISLAND
THE ISLAND
THE ISLAND (CD)
THE ISLAND (CD)
THE ISLAND (CD)
THE ISLAND (CD)
THE ISLAND (CD)
THE ISLAND (HB)
THE ISLAND (PB)
THE ISLAND (PB)
THE ISLAND (PB)
THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES
THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES
THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES (HB)
THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES (HB)
THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES (PB)
THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES (PB)
THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT
THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT (CD)
THE MERLIN CONSPIRACY
THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (CD)
THE QUEEN'S FOOL
THE QUEEN'S FOOL (CD)
THE RETURN
THE RETURN
THE RETURN
THE RETURN (CD)
THE RETURN (CD)
THE RETURN (CD)
THE RETURN (HB)
THE RETURN (PB)
THE RETURN (PB)
THE SECRET DREAMWORLD OF A SHOPAHOLIC (CD)
THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY
THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY (CD)
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
THE SINS OF THE FATHER (AUD)
THE SINS OF THE FATHER (CD)
THE SINS OF THE FATHER (CD)
THE SINS OF THE FATHER (CD)
THE STORY
THE STORY (HB)
THE STORY (PB)
THE STORY: LIFE
THE STORY: LIFE (PB)
THE STORY: LOSS
THE STORY: LOSS (PB)
THE STORY: LOVE
THE STORY: LOVE (PB)
THE STRONGEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (CD)
THE SUNRISE
THE SUNRISE
THE SUNRISE
THE SUNRISE (AUD)
THE SUNRISE (CD)
THE SUNRISE (CD)
THE SUNRISE (HB)
THE SUNRISE (PB)
THE SUNRISE (PB)
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE (CD)
THE THREAD
THE THREAD
THE THREAD (AUD)
THE THREAD (CD)
THE THREAD (CD)
THE THREAD (CD)
THE THREAD (HB)
THE THREAD (HB)
THE THREAD (PB)
THE THREAD (PB)
THE THREAD (PB)
THE WHITE QUEEN
THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD
THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD (CD)
THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS
THOSE WHO ARE LOVED (PB)
THREAD (PB)
THREAD (PB)
THREAD (PB)
THREAD SIGNED EDITION (HB)
THREE RADIO MYSTERIES (CD)
TOGETHER AT CHRISTMAS (READ ALOUD BY EMILIA FOX)
TOGETHER AT CHRISTMAS (READ ALOUD)
UNE NUIT EN CRETE (PB)
VICTORIA HISLOP PACK (PB)
WETLANDS
WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT (CD)
WHITE BODIES
WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS?
WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS? (CD)
WHY IS SEX FUN?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (HB)

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