The Figurine

A tightly wrought excavation of family history * The Mail on Sunday *
Hislop’s love for Greece shines and transports readers through space and time to a brilliantly drawn world * The Independent *
Family turmoil, unanswered questions, romance and betrayal, all served up against the backdrop of Greece and its enchanting history * The Express *
A gripping storyline that leaves no stone unturned * The Mirror *
Fans of Victoria Hislop’s novels will love this thought-provoking novel set in her beloved Greece * Red *

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. Her 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 and in 2020 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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