Follows the story of a group of people, Muslim, Jew and Orthodox, living in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, from 1917 to 2007.
The first and second world wars sweep over the town, there is destruction by fire, forced evacuations, occupation and dictatorship. At the heart is the love story between the seamstress Katerina and the activist Dimitri.
I've previously read The Island by Victoria Hislop, which I remember enjoying more than this book.
It's very worthy, and no doubt very accurate and very well researched. It's just a bit dull.
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