![]() ![]() This brief synopsis of the plot would suggest a rather odd fable. It is hardly surprising that Venetia quickly becomes addicted to Viper Wine and the transformation it performs in her self-image. Ingredients include the venom of adders plus a liberal dose of opium. Hence she visits a quack who provides the eponymous liquid. ![]() Digby refuses to provide remedies to address Venetia’s concerns about her fading looks despite the deep and enduring love for his wife. ![]() ![]() He is a man of many talents who seems to have the ability to unconsciously take ideas, memes and elements of 21 st-century life: lines from modern-day pop songs enter his thoughts and language. She is married to Sir Kenelm Digby – Renaissance man par excellence – explorer, pirate, scientist, bibliophile and mystic. Unfortunately, she worries about losing her looks and figure. Lady Digby is, or more correctly was, a celebrated society beauty. The observant reader will immediately deduce that there is something a little unusual about this novel set in 17 th-century England if he or she notices that the cover features a portrait of Van Dyck’s Lady Venetia Digby holding an iPhone. ![]()
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