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Cartes Postales from Greece: The runaway Sunday Times bestseller Kindle Edition

by Victoria Hislop (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 5,883 ratings
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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Cartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, and The Sunrise. A beautifully depicted love affair with Greece, and a spellbinding tale of love and loss. It is fiction with a distinctive photographic framework - magical and unique.

'Hislop's passionate love of the country breathes from every page' Daily Mail

'When it comes to tales about Greece, Hislop is an undisputed queen - and this is easily her best novel yet' Heat

Week after week, the postcards arrive, addressed to someone Ellie does not know, each signed with an initial: A.

These alluring cartes postales of Greece brighten her life and cast a spell on her. She decides she must see this country for herself.

On the morning Ellie leaves for Athens, a notebook arrives. Its pages tell the story of a man's odyssey through Greece. Moving, surprising and sometimes dark, A's tale unfolds with the discovery not only of a culture, but also of a desire to live life to the full once more.

Praise for Cartes Postales. . .

'When it comes to tales about Greecem Hislop is an undisputed queen'
Heat magazine

'A lavish love letter to Greece'
Sunday Mirror

'A beautiful tale of love, struggle and redemption'
Prima

'This wonderful, illuminating novel is a perfect escape'
Woman & Home

'This beautiful novel is illustrated with gorgeous photos to really bring the country to life'
Sun on Sunday

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A discerning fly-on-the-wall view of the country, a heady mix of poetic licence and gravitas. . . Greece works its magic in Hislop's latest ode to the country (The Lady on Cartes Postales from Greece)

'A delightful and original new book from multimillion-copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop, author of The Island and The Sunrise

'Intelligent and immersive... Hislop's incisive narrative weaves a vast array of fact through a poignant, compelling family saga (The Sunday Times on The Sunrise)

A tender love story that will make you wish your own summer holiday wasn't a distant memory (Red online on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Victoria Hislop writes so vividly about the Med, you can almost feel the scorching heat. An absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal, set during a violent period in the history of Cyprus (Good Housekeeping on The Sunrise)

When it comes to tales about Greece, Hislop is an undisputed queen - and this is easily her best novel yet (Heat on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Hislop has woven colour photographs of the stunning Greek landscape into her narrative. I enjoyed being transported to Greece on Hislop's wings of words and vivid descriptions (Express on Cartes Postales from Greece)

A beautiful tale of love, struggle and redemption (Cathy Rentzenbrink, Prima on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Victoria Hislop's love affair with Greece continues, bringing the country triumphantly to life . . . [her] imaginative and compelling stories paint a remarkable portrait of Greece and its history (Sunday Express S Magazine on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Fascinating and moving... Hislop writes unforgettably about Cyprus and its people (The Times on The Sunrise)

Impressively imagined . . . make[s] you want to jump on a plane to Athens (The Sunday Times on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Hislop's passionate love of the country breathes from every page (Daily Mail on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Hislop hasn't of course been into Famagusta - no one may, even now - but has stood near the barbed wire and imagined what life was like there, then and now, with her usual gift for presenting bits of history most of us are unfamiliar with from a fictional point of view (Independent on Sunday on The Sunrise)

A lavish love letter to Greece (Sunday Mirror on Cartes Postales from Greece)

A beautiful tale of enduring love and unthinking prejudice (Express on The Island)

A vivid, moving and absorbing tale (Observer on The Island)

Adroitly plotted and deftly characterised, Hislop's gripping novel tells the stories of ordinary Greek and Turkish families trying to preserve their humanity in a maelstrom of deception, betrayal and ethnic hatred (Mail on Sunday on The Sunrise)

This beautiful novel is illustrated with gorgeous photos to really bring the country to life (Fabulous, Sun on Sunday on Cartes Postales from Greece)

Vibrant... Hislop brings history to life in this compelling tale (Tatler on The Sunrise)

A tantalising glimpse of a country far removed from the usual tourist resorts and beaches (Mail on Sunday on Cartes Postales from Greece)

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 on The Island)

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'A delightful and original new book from multimillion-copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop, author of The Island and The Sunrise'

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017RKCDXC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Review (22 Sept. 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 47362 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 364 pages
  • Customer reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 5,883 ratings

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Victoria Hislop is the international bestselling author of The Island and The Return. In the United Kingdom, she writes travel features for The Sunday Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday, House & Garden, and Woman & Home. The Island sold over a million copies in the UK and has been translated into 24 languages. Victoria’s second novel, The Return, has been published in more than a dozen languages. She lives in Kent, with her husband Ian and their two children.

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A book you just can't put down, captivating and an inspiring read. My holiday is complete when reading any Victoria Hislop books. 😎
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Mrs Anne Tasker
5.0 out of 5 stars A super immersive read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2024
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This was the book choice for my local book club. It was scored highly by all 10members and the discussions afterwards were really absorbing
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franks
4.0 out of 5 stars Short interesting stories
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2016
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The short stories were interesting but not captivating. I was expecting a true Victoria Hislop tale. Cartes is nothing of the sort. Her true love of Greece shines through. Her identification with Greeks is so heart warming you are dragged along and into the culture. A good read when the realisation sinks in that Cartes is not a novel to be judged alongside the Island and her others.
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Mr H I Williams
3.0 out of 5 stars Greek story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2023
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Normally love Victoria but this novel wasn’t my cup of tea
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Bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of morality tales?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2021
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A rather slim plot, in my view, but sufficiently intriguing to tie together these varied stories that have the quality of fables saying a lot about the human spirit, for good or bad. Enjoyable if you are in the right mood! If you already know and love Greece that is a bonus.
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Miss S L Cooke
4.0 out of 5 stars The latest Victoria Hislop book does not disappoint. Although a slightly unusual concept
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 January 2017
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The latest Victoria Hislop book does not disappoint. Although a slightly unusual concept, I found the integration of the postcards within the narrative fun and beautiful to look at. The extensive research that Victoria does shows through in her narrative as the descriptive prose about Greece is wonderful. This is a very easy read pleasant story. Perfect for cold winter evenings!
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Demi K
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Greek memories narrated
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2023
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Fab gift for a British friend who loves Greece.
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Holly
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and should never had been released for Kindle
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2016
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I have read and thoroughly enjoyed all of her other books and I love Greece so I was very excited to read that she had written a new book and immediately pre-ordered it for my Kindle. In my view this book should never have been released a Kindle edition as the photographs and postcards that form such an integral part of the book just do not translate to the Kindle. As another reviewer has written you also have to keep changing the font to read the text of the journal. I also hated the design of the heading for each of the 'stories'. Some of the descriptions of Greece were excellent but I really struggled to get into the book (her other books I have been unable to put down whereas this one feels like it has taken forever to finish and when I did and I found the ending to be rushed and unbelievable). Definitely not worth the money for the Kindle version and I wish I had waited and read some of the reviews rather than rush to pre-order it.
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Mrs. C. G. Richards
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2022
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I have read all Victoria Hislop books to date, but this one I found extremely boring and difficult to wade through. would not recommend it to readers. disappointed
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janetmyers
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery
Reviewed in Germany on 1 September 2022
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Looking forward to reading another of Victoria Hilsop’s books
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M H
5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive way to travel
Reviewed in the United States on 10 November 2020
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I’m so glad I read it. I felt like I got to experience the travels along with the characters. Lots of stories to think about.
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PK
4.0 out of 5 stars Not exceptional but interesting
Reviewed in India on 19 August 2021
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First time reading the author's book. Initially I didn't like the style but as the narrator changed, I started enjoying the book. It's more like a compilation of short stories about the traveling experience in Greece. Stories about unknown places and unknown people fascinates me and this book was filled with them. Interesting, soothing and spooky at times.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not exceptional but interesting
Reviewed in India on 19 August 2021
First time reading the author's book. Initially I didn't like the style but as the narrator changed, I started enjoying the book. It's more like a compilation of short stories about the traveling experience in Greece. Stories about unknown places and unknown people fascinates me and this book was filled with them. Interesting, soothing and spooky at times.
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John Karrys
5.0 out of 5 stars Master Storyteller with Soft Power
Reviewed in Canada on 11 July 2020
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All of her books are rich. Rich with a deep love for Greece, and storytelling. I love her work because she is able to capture a Greek state of mind, as well as the complexity of emotions that have evolved during a tumultuous history. All her books are must reads.
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Reviewed in Spain on 11 March 2020
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Very different to what Victoria normally writes, but very well written as usual. She really is a good read.
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