An Island in Greece: On the Shores of Skopelos

click here for more details, find new or used items	Michael Carroll Our price £6.58 (£9.99) New from £3.24 Used from £3.25 Pages: 224 (Paperback) ISBN: 1845118227 Pub: I B Tauris & Co Ltd Pub date: 2009-02-28 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15013

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Not as great as I thought it would be (0/0 people found this helpful)

I really wish I had not bothered with this book, because although there are some mildly amusing little tales, on the whole I found it not at all interesting. I won't be buying more books from this author in future. I would probably recommend this kind of book to sailing enthusiasts only.

Insight to the Sporades (0/0 people found this helpful)

I have previously read "The Gates of the Wind" which gave a good account of these small islands in the norther Aegean.
Unfortunately due to the success of Mamma Mia which was partly filmed on Skopelos, there will I am sure be an even greater interest in this part of the world & I wanted to understand a little more about life pre mass tourism.
The book is well written at an almost personal level with the reader. Tourists who have travelled to Skiathos and or on by boat to Skopelos will be fascinated to read about places known to them & people who have never been will gain from understanding the lives of characters as they go about their business on one of the North Aegeans beautiful islands.

Disappointment (1/1 people found this helpful)

I felt conned by this publication. Many people who know the area will have read Michael Carroll's "Gates of the Wind". It is the same book - so far as I can tell identical - with some five or six pages of introduction from the author. If you haven't read the original, then it is a lovely book that not only describes the development of a wonderful relationship between the author and the local people, but gives a graphic picture of the way they live. Although times have changed - particularly in Skiathos - the island life in Skopelos and Alonissos is recognisable today.

Same book, new title (1/1 people found this helpful)

I love the Sporades Islands and enjoyed Gates of the Wind so was excited to see a new book from the same author. I was disappointed. This is not a new book. It is simply Gates of the Wind with a couple of extra pages in the front. If you haven't read Gates of the Wind, this is a good book that really gives a sense of the islands and the characters that lived there. What a shame that the author didn't take the opportunity to continue the story rather than just reissue it.

re live 60s Greece (0/0 people found this helpful)

I read this book under its original title of "Gates of the Wind" (a much better title in my opinion). It is a fascinating account of the islands of the Northern Sporades and especially Skopelos in the 1960s from a young English sailer who eventually builds a home on the island. Carroll manages to capture the magic of the islands and the local characters very well. A great read, especially if you know this lovely group of islands.

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