The Thread: 'Storytelling at its best' from million-copy bestseller Victoria Hislop Paperback – 24 May 2012

This is a captivating read. It's one I couldn't put down, like her other books. Well, researched and full of Greek life during WW2 and the Civil war.

Having lived in Crete I wish I had known this history - an absorbing and terrible story. The city is one of the characters and the other characters leap of the page - vividly drawn.

The author outlines the history of Greece from the 1900s onwards through the eyes of a little girl who arrives in Thessaloniki after the Christians were expelled from Ottoman Turkey.She eventually becomes a seamstress and lives through turbulent times of fascism, comminist uprisings , dicatatorships that was the history of Greece before eventual peaceful modern times.

Was a great read and highly recommend it. Lots of true information in it also,made it very interesting. Her books are always well written and enjoy them.

This was a very readable novel. Beautifully written as all Victoria Hislops books are.I learned so much about what happened during WW2 in Greek Mainland and it was pretty horrifying. The effect on people’s lives was shattering.