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The Return by Victoria Hislop

Pain and passion.
Love and loss.
Music and secrets.

The new novel from the bestselling author of THE ISLAND

‘The Return may be a beach book, but it also goes inland and rummages around in the cellars’
The Times

‘The historical tale is powerful stuff ’
Daily Mail

‘Brilliant’
Mirror

‘Meticulously researched historical narrative and imaginative storytelling…brings home the hardships of war in a way no history book ever could’
Daily Telegraph

‘Brilliantly recreates the passion that flows through the Andalusian dancers and the dark creative force of duende… Hislop has written another worthy candidate for the “best holiday read” category’
Scotland on Sunday

‘Packed with family drama and doomed love affairs, anyone looking for an absorbing beach read won’t be disappointed’
Psychologies

‘The queen of the intelligent beach read’
Sunday Express

‘Like a literary Nigella, she whips up a cracking historical romance mixed with a dash of family secrets and a splash of female self-discovery… What sets Hislop apart is her ability to put a human face on the shocking civil conflict that ripped Spain apart for three bloody years between 1936 and 1939…Stirring stuff ’
Time Out

‘A gripping read’
Woman & Home

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