I read and enjoyed the Island a couple of years ago. We read it for our reading group mainly because one of the members had visited Spinalonga. She said that the description brought it all back and that the story gave the whole place its meaning. I have a couple of other Victoria Hislop books on my list but never seem to get round to them. I have been told that the Return (I think that's the one set in Spain) is rather peculiar. Steve -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pele West Sent: 09 October 2013 08:51 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] "The Island" Hi Trish I read "The Island" some time ago and really enjoyed it. A friend of ours saw a programme about Spinalonga on television and said Victoria Hislop had got the description just right. Pele