Viper Wine
by Hermione Eyre
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Pub Date 13 Mar 2014 | Archive Date 15 Feb 2015
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
Nominated for the Folio Prize
Famed 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. But 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?
'Dazzling' Observer
'Intoxicating' Independent on Sunday
'Wickedly funny' The Times
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition - available for readers in the UK, Europe and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) only.
Advance Praise
'Eyre has written a sumptuous, sensual tale of beauty and vanity; it's crying out for a TV adaptation.' Bookseller
'Eyre has written a sumptuous, sensual tale of beauty and vanity; it's crying out for a TV adaptation.' Bookseller
Marketing Plan
A richly evocative and playful story of beauty, vanity and addiction, set at a time when England was on the cusp between magic and science.
Historical fiction with a twist - Viper Wine
has a brilliant disregard for the conventions of genre and mashing-up
of old and new that Baz Luhrman employs to great effect in his films.
Hermione Eyre is an established journalist and very well connected in the media
Perfect for fans of Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White, and, of course, Hilary Mantel
Literary fiction with great crossover potential, should appeal to broadsheets and bookclubs alike
A lead Cape debut
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448155965 |
| PRICE | £9.98 (GBP) |
