I had never given leprosy a thought until I read this book…

  • Book: The Island
  • Location: Spinalonga
  • Author: Victoria Hislop

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Ok, the back cover gives inordinate coverage to the character Alexis tracking her family history. For me, she was a bit part player who I had forgotten about when she reappears towards the end. For me, I found it rivetting how Greece used Spinalonga to ship off people with leprosy and the story of the folk who get shipped out there was the mainstay of the book. Alexis was kind of irrelevant… however, having been to Ag Nic in the 90s, I had seen Spinalonga and hadn’t given it a second thought. I would have loved to have read this book to gain more insight into the history of the island.

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