The Return

Hislop, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061715417 ISBN 13: 9780061715419

Publisher: SOS Free Stock, 2009

Already a #1 bestseller in the UK, The Return is a captivating new novel of family, love, and betrayal set against a backdrop of civil war, flamenco, and fiery Spanish passion. The author of the beloved international bestseller The Island, Victoria Hislop now transports the reader to Granada, Spain, in a time of historic turmoil. The Return is a colorful and spellbinding saga of a family inspired by music and dance, only to be torn apart by fragile hearts and divided loyalties during the bitter war that brought the dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco to power.

Review:

'A well-researched and meaty follow-up to The Island' (The Times)

'THE RETURN may be a beach book, but it goes inland and rummages around in the cellars' (The Times)

'Aims to open the eyes, and tug the heartstrings, of readers... Hislop deserves a medal for opening a breach into the holiday beach bag' (Independent)

'Like a literary Nigella, she whips up a cracking historical romance with a dash of family secrets and a splash of female self-discovery' (Time Out)

'Meticulously researched historical narrative and imaginative storytelling' (Telegraph)

'Powerful stuff' (Daily Mail)

'Excellent' (Sunday Telegraph)

Book Description:

THE ISLAND won Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006, and was the Sunday Times number one paperback for eight weeks