The Sunrise: The Number One Sunday Times bestseller 'Fascinating and moving'

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Sometimes poignant but never upsetting, this book highlights the strength of love, friendship and resilience over adversity. Complemented wonderfully by Gill Smith’s beautiful illustrations, this is an ideal book for older early readers who are ready explore more complex themes associated such as coping with adversity and having respect for others who may be different from themselves. Bearing no regrets whatsoever for fighting for the communists, the remainder of her life is troubled by some of her decisions. When a Greek coup plunges the island into chaos, Cyprus faces a disastrous conflict. Turkey invades to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority, and Famagusta is shelled. Forty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldiers. In the deserted city, just two families remain. Helena’s attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather’s actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of ‘home’, both in relation to looted objects of antiquity … and herself.

In 2009, she donated the short story Aflame in Athens to Oxfam's " Ox-Tales" project, four collections of British stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the "Fire" collection. [6] Hislop has a particular affection for Greece. She visits the country often for research and other reasons, and has a second home on the island of Crete. [7] Personal life [ edit ]So when bedlam characterizes the island as a result of a Greek coup, the Turkish Army is sent to protect their people living in Famagusta. Heartbreaking... A fascinating insight into a part of Mediterranean history that isn't often explored * Essentials * Philby, Charlotte (3 January 2009). "My Secret Life, Independent Magazine 3 January 2009". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022 . Retrieved 5 January 2009.

When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed by memories of childhood summers when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her grandfather was one of the regime's generals and in the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of priceless antiquities. How did her grandfather amass them - and what human price was paid for them? An absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal, set during a violent period in the history of Cyprus * Good Housekeeping * This cookie is stored by WPML WordPress plugin. The purpose of the cookie is to store the redirected language.

The island writer on coming back to Lytham, writing, her new book and how maybe women should run the world.

Dimitri Komninos is born in Thessaloniki in 1917, the year that an inferno ravaged the multicultural city.