The Island

The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and absorbing holiday read'

By: Victoria Hislop

Narrated by: Sandra Duncan

INSPIRED BY TRUTH, THE STORY THAT HAS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD.

This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies. It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life. Life on a leper colony. Life on Spinalonga.

Fifty years later, making a life-changing journey of her own, Alexis Fielding feels the pull of the abandoned island. A distant shadow off the coast of Crete, she knows it holds the secrets of her mother's past, buried for so long but surely not forgotten . . .

Discover for yourself why 10 million readers and critics worldwide love Victoria Hislop's books . . .

'Passionately engaged with its subject . . . meticulously researched' The Sunday Times

'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

'A page-turning tale that reminds us that love and life continue in even the most extraordinary of circumstances' Sunday Express

'The story of life on Spinalonga, the lepers' island, is gripping and carries real emotional impact. Victoria Hislop . . . brings dignity and tenderness to her novel about lives blighted by leprosy' Telegraph

'Vivid, moving and absorbing' Observer

*Victoria Hislop's most recent novel, THE FIGURINE, is out now.*

(P) 2006 Headline Digital©2006 Victoria Hislop

Love, love, love!!

Second time reading this book and it again did not disappoint, I read the first on holiday in Crete after visiting Spingalonga years ago, still an amazing story. Loved the lady who narrated also

Depressing

What disappointed you about The Island?

I just found this book so depressing and only listened to the first couple of hours a total waste of a credit for me.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Sandra Duncan?

I could only read the first couple of hours.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

Any additional comments?

A total waste of a credit for me I bought this to read on holiday in Greece and was totally disappointed.