The Thread: 'Storytelling at its best' from million-copy bestseller Victoria Hislop

A sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious saga that wrestles with the turbulence of the period Hislop covers . . . All those who loved The Island, her hugely successful first novel, will fall on it
Hislop does her research and is very good at interweaving the lives of individuals into the backcloth of great events, giving the reader a history lesson that doesn't feel like one . . . Recommended
Hislop's fast-paced narrative and utterly convincing sense of place make her novel a rare treat
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
Meticulously researched and compellingly told
Oh what a tangled web she weaves! Hislop has done well to tell a story as diverse and tempestuous as Thessaloniki's with such lightness of touch
It's an evocative exploration of the past's hold on a family, with an exquisite love story at its centre