A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this millioncopy bestseller. A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heartstrings Evening StandardThe acclaimed millioncopy number one bestseller and winner of Richard Judys Summer Read 2006. Victoria Hislop tells a dramatic tale of four generations, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through the war, to the present day. On the brink of a lifechanging decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mothers 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 stones throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga Greeces former leper colony. Then she finds Fotini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life the tale of her greatgrandmother 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...Praise for The Island. . .A vivid, moving and absorbing tale ObserverVictoria Hislop . . . brings dignity and tenderness to her novel about lives blighted by leprosy TelegraphWonderful descriptions,... | Victoria Hislop The Island : The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and