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020 _a9780099581666
040 _aNISER LIBRARY
_beng
_cNISER LIBRARY
041 _aEnglish
082 _a82-32
_bEYR-V
100 _aEyre, Hermione
245 _aViper wine :
_ba novel
260 _aLondon :
_bVintage Books,
_c2015.
300 _a440p.
520 _aFamed beauty Venetia Stanley is so extravagantly dazzling she has inspired Ben Jonson to poetry and Van Dyck to painting, provoking adoration and emulation from the masses. Stampedes follow her arrival in town. However, as she approaches middle age, the attention turns to scrutiny. Her adoring husband Sir Kenelm Digby - philosopher, alchemist and time-traveller - wishes she would age naturally, but Venetia discovers a potent and addictive elixir of youth, Viper Wine. Set on the eve of the English Civil War, and based on a true story, this brilliant novel asks a very contemporary question: what is the cost of beauty?
600 _aStanley, Venetia,
_d-1633
_vFiction.
600 _aDigby, Kenelm,
_d1603-1665
_vFiction.
650 _aCourts and courtiers
_vFiction.
650 _aBeauty, Personal
_vFiction.
_xHistory
651 _aGreat Britain
_vFiction.
_xHistory
_yCharles I, 1625-1649
856 _3Reviews
_uhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18160164-viper-wine?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=yNagFaE5Rw&rank=1#CommunityReviews
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