The Last Dance and Other Stories
Powerful stories from million-copy bestseller Victoria Hislop 'Beautifully observed'
$24.35
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
23 May 2013
Summary
‘Lyrical, twisty short stories’ - Evening Standard
A collection of stunning short stories from the million-copy bestselling author of The Island. Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop’s ebook collection, One Cretan Evening.
In ten powerful stories, Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472206022 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472206029 |
| Author: | Victoria Hislop |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious’
‘Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious’ - The Sunday Times
‘Fast-paced narrative and utterly convincing sense of place’ - Guardian‘Fresh, tenacious and rather intrepid’ - Independent‘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 ExpressHer best novel yet - Scotsman‘A brilliant page turner and destined to become a reading group staple, THE THREAD is rich with drama and historical detail’ - Glamour‘Meticulously researched and compellingly told’ - Woman & Home‘An evocative exploration of the past’s hold on a family, with an exquisite love story at its centre’ - Good HousekeepingAbout The Author
Victoria Hislop
Victoria Hislop is the multi-million copy bestselling author of ten books, including The Island, The Return, The Thread, The Sunrise, Those Who are Loved, The Last Dance and Other Stories, Cartes Postales from Greece, and One August Night. Victoria’s most recent novel, The Figurine, topped the UK TCM as the biggest selling single edition in the country for two consecutive weeks in 2024.
Her books have been translated into forty languages, and Victoria was executive producer on the adaptations of three of her novels for Greek television.
Victoria divides her time between England and Greece. In 2020, she was granted honorary citizenship by the President of Greece. She is Vice President of the British School at Athens, is on the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, and also on the Advisory Board for the Parthenon Project.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Patra and Sheffield. In 2025, she was awarded the Byron Medal for Philhellenism at the Athens Academy and became the first woman to become an honorary member of the Society of Greek Writers.
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