Award-winning and best-selling writer Victoria Hislop has been inspired once again by Greece, this time from Makronisos, an island close to Attiva and Evia laden with a tragic political history.
“After The Island”, the new book by the British author, was inspired by Spinalonga and is an historical novel of 20th century Greece. Its story begis in 1926 and stretches until after the Civil War in the 1950s.
The writer, who has repeatedly shown her love and admiration for Greece and has been living in the country for some time, said that the beaches, the sea and the food are wonderful, but the most important of all is its history. This is why she explores new places with every opportunity she has to visit Greece.
Hislop spoke to the Athens News Agency about her inspiration and her future plans at the London WTM Tourism Fair, where she was participating in the press conference organized by the Greek Ministry of Tourism.
“The inspiration for this book came very specifically from a visit at Sounio, at the Temple of Poseidon, probably ten years ago. As I was looking at the sea, I could see some rocks there and asked the man who was with me which island is that. “Maklronisos”, was the answer, and I asked again what Makronisos is … He was a Greek … ” she said meaningfully.
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