Victoria Hislop for The Wine-Dark Sea

Greece, 1946. In the power vacuum remaining after the Second World War, a brutal civil war erupts between rival left- and right-wing factions. The conflict spirals as the country pays a bitter price in human lives and fighting soon erupts in the mountains, turning villages into battlefields and pulling ordinary women and children into the fray.

The Wine-Dark Sea tells of families flung apart across continents and of a strong, determined mother who resolves not to let war destroy hers. Victoria Hislop is at the height of her storytelling powers in this compelling and thought-provoking new novel, which offers insight into a little-known chapter of Greek history.

Victoria Hislop is the multi-million copy bestselling author of ten books, including The Island, The Return, and The Figurine. Her books have been translated into forty languages. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and became the first woman to become an honorary member of the Society of Greek Writers.