«A sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious saga that wrestles with the turbulence of the period Hislop covers . . . All those who loved The Island, her hugely successful first novel, will fall on it»

The Sunday Times

«Hislop does her research and is very good at interweaving the lives of individuals into the backcloth of great events, giving the reader a history lesson that doesn't feel like one . . . Recommended»

Daily Mail

«Hislop's fast-paced narrative and utterly convincing sense of place make her novel a rare treat»

Guardian

«This is storytelling at its best and just like a tapestry, when each thread is sewn into place, so emerge the layers and history of relationships past and present»

Sunday Express

«Meticulously researched and compellingly told»

Woman & Home

«Oh what a tangled web she weaves! Hislop has done well to tell a story as diverse and tempestuous as Thessaloniki's with such lightness of touch »

Spectator

«It's an evocative exploration of the past's hold on a family, with an exquisite love story at its centre»

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