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Read about three generations of Papayiannises
and their struggle for freedom.
A "powerfully evocative" tale of Cyprus
and Greece in the 20th century.
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A SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA THAT COMPLETELY
DRAWS THE READER IN!
(AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, LULU AND ALL THE MAJOR ONLINE RETAILERS)
PLUS...
THE CYPRIOT'S TREASURE IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THREE HANDY VOLUMES:
VOL 1. HIS MYSTERIOUS WAYS
VOL 2. OLD FLAME AND AN IMAGINARY FRIEND
VOL 3. A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY AND THE SHIP THAT SAILED
READER BEWARE!!
THE CYPRIOT'S TREASURE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE - A TOUGH, LONG, STATELY, READ - BUT THE PAYOFF AT THE END, SHOULD YOU HAVE THE LITERARY STAMINA TO WITHSTAND IT, IS WORTH THE WAIT. THIS, THE FIRST IN THE PAPAYIANNIS SERIES, DEALS WITH THE FULL REALISATION OF SELF UNDERGONE BY THE MAIN PROTAGONIST, ARTIE PAPAYIANNIS, FROM LOST, CONFUSED BOY TO FULLY DEVELOPED MAN READY FOR EVERY EVENTUALITY. THE IMAGE OF EFTHIMIA, HIS BEACON OF LOVE, NEVER ABSENT FROM HIS THINKING, DRIVES HIM ON FROM ONE EPIC ADVENTURE TO THE NEXT UNTIL HE FINALLY CEASES TO BE THE VICTIM, DISPELS ALL ILLUSION, AND ADOPTS THE MANTLE OF MODERN HERO.
OLYMPIA'S DREAM, THE SECOND IN THE SERIES, IS A MORE LIGHTHEARTED ROMANCE BUT ALSO AT ITS HEART IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSON, THIS TIME IN THE SHAPE OF A YOUNG GIRL COMING TO TERMS WITH A TRAGIC PAST AND A DESIRE FOR FAME. HER TRANSFORMATION INTO ACTION HERO IS COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE TALE BUT ARRIVES IN A WAY SHE LEAST EXPECTED.
VASILI'S REVENGE IN SOME WAYS SHOW'S THE IMPACT OF OLYMPIA'S DISASTROUS LEGACY. THIS. THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE SERIES, IS AGAIN AN EASIER READ THAN THE CYPRIOT'S TREASURE, BUT NO LESS GRIPPING, AND SIGNALS THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW CATALOGUE OF HORRORS TO CHALLENGE THE FAMILY. THE SAME THEMES APPLY, AS ARTIE'S ENERGETIC AND AMORAL GRANDSON, YURI PAPAYIANNIS, BATTLES WITH HIS CONSCIENCE AND INATE NATURE TO DISCOVERS THAT BEING YOUNG LIBERAL AND SINGLE IS NOT ALL ITS CRACKED UP TO BE.
"Author Milton Johanides focuses
on character, situation and
psychology to offer
unique and sometimes terrifying insight
into the Greek and Cypriot psyche."
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"The author's portrayal of Cyprus and Greece long before
mass tourism is well-realized"
"Powerfully evocative"
"Stately"
"Terrifying"
(Indie Author's World)
"This (Olympia's Dream) is a book of emotion that encompasses psychological states, relationships between characters and of Cyprus and the history it holds."
"...will certainly be of interest to those who also
enjoy Victoria Hislop’s books"
(Louise Cannon of Book blog, Bookmarks and Stages)
Acknowledgement.
Historical references in The Cypriot's Treasure have been taken from the following books.
El Greco by Xavier Bray
The Great Fire ;by Lou Ureneck
The Middle Sea by John Julius Norwich
Greece, The Hidden Centuries by David Brewer
That Greece Might Still Be Free by William St Clair
Paradise Lost by Giles Milton
