About This Book
'A return to Hislop's thyme-scented, Aegean-lapped fictional Greece' The Sunday Times Beloved author Victoria Hislop returns to Crete in this long-anticipated sequel to her multi-million-copy Number One bestseller, The Island. 25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a...
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7h 38m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 30m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 56m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 82,500 words📅 11 days at 30 min/day
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