Greek Island Book
May 2nd, 2006, 09:24 AM
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"The King Must Die" by Mary Renault (fiction) and "The Cretan Runner" by George Psychoundakis. The latter is a non-fiction account of the German occupation of Crete during WWII. Excellent.
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" ( the novel, which was much better than the movie) by De Bernieres
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" ( the novel, which was much better than the movie) by De Bernieres
May 2nd, 2006, 09:28 AM
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Dinner with Persephone...Patricia Storace.
Zorba the Greek of course.
Or did you mean guidebooks? LP have a specific Greek Islands guide. There's also Greek Island Hopping by the unlikely-named Frewin Poffley (published by Thomas Cook) My fave is Rough Guide.
Zorba the Greek of course.
Or did you mean guidebooks? LP have a specific Greek Islands guide. There's also Greek Island Hopping by the unlikely-named Frewin Poffley (published by Thomas Cook) My fave is Rough Guide.
May 2nd, 2006, 09:29 AM
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The Magus, by John Fowles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magus_(novel)
Zorba The Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magus_(novel)
Zorba The Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek
May 2nd, 2006, 09:35 AM
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May 2nd, 2006, 10:10 AM
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For romantic thrillers, Mary Stewart set The Moonspinners on Crete, This Rough Magic on Corfu, and My Brother Michael on the Greek mainland. Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals (Corfu) and Erica James set one of her romances on Corfu too but I found it somewhat lightweight and I didn't finish it!
Otherwise Captain Corelli's Mandolin comes to mind, and Mary Renault's The Bull from the Sea (Crete).
But there are many, many thousands of good books you could read ON your holiday staying ON the Greek Islands - do you particularly want it to BE about the Greek Islands? Your post is a touch ambiguous!
Have a great trip!
Otherwise Captain Corelli's Mandolin comes to mind, and Mary Renault's The Bull from the Sea (Crete).
But there are many, many thousands of good books you could read ON your holiday staying ON the Greek Islands - do you particularly want it to BE about the Greek Islands? Your post is a touch ambiguous!
Have a great trip!
May 2nd, 2006, 11:00 AM
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The Gates of The Wind' by Michael Carroll.
About the Sporades, circa 1960's... lovely book. Hard to find, but I found copies on Amazon UK - the first copies I found were in a pile, in a dark, dusty corner of a Greek shop in the backstreets of Skiathos. It's a gem.
About the Sporades, circa 1960's... lovely book. Hard to find, but I found copies on Amazon UK - the first copies I found were in a pile, in a dark, dusty corner of a Greek shop in the backstreets of Skiathos. It's a gem.
May 2nd, 2006, 12:42 PM
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I'm happy to recommend both of these books by John Ebdon:-
Ebdon's Odyssey and Ebdon's Iliad
They centre around his visits to Mykonos, Andros, Kos, Rhodes and Karpathos. Joyfully written and a pleasure to read.
Ebdon's Odyssey and Ebdon's Iliad
They centre around his visits to Mykonos, Andros, Kos, Rhodes and Karpathos. Joyfully written and a pleasure to read.
