From the internationally bestselling author of The Island comes a dazzling new novel of family betrayals, forbidden love, and historical turmoil. Sonia knows nothing of Granada's shocking past, but ordering a simple cup of coffee in a quiet cafÉ will lead her into the extraordinary tale of a family's fight to survive the horror of the Spanish Civil War. Seventy years earlier, in the RamÍrez family's cafÉ, Concha and Pablo's children relish an atmosphere of hope. Antonio is a serious young teacher, Ignacio a flamboyant matador, and Emilio a skilled musician. Their sister, Mercedes, is a spirited girl whose sole passion is dancing, until she meets Javier and an obsessive love affair begins. But Spain is a country in turmoil. In the heat of civil war, everyone must take a side and choose whether to submit, to fight, or to attempt escape.

維多利亞·希斯洛普（Victoria Hislop）　　英國著名作傢。早期在《星期日電訊報》、《每日電訊報》、《婦女與傢庭》等開設專欄，以優美溫婉的文筆和清新感人的故事享有盛譽，被稱為“沒有著作的著名作傢”。 　大書雲集的2006年，長篇處女作《島》甫一齣版，立即力壓《達·芬奇密碼》、《哈利·波特》等，登上英國各大暢銷書排行榜第一名。其驚世駭俗的故事和感人肺腑的情節迅速徵服瞭英倫，徵服瞭歐洲、美洲、澳洲、亞洲，20多種文字幾十個版本感動瞭全球，韆百萬讀者為之唏噓落淚。

最新力作《迴歸》用一個懸疑故事揭開一段讓世人唏噓不已的傳奇，以西班牙內戰期間的真實曆史為背景，愛情在戰亂麵前顯得既渺小又哀傷，給人以無限感喟、哀傷、警醒和沉思。作品在英國、西班牙乃至整個歐洲都獲得極大好評，被廣大讀者與媒體同時評為年“年度最受歡迎圖書”。