{"product_id":"viper-wine","title":"Viper Wine","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eViper Wine\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHermione Eyre\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780553419351\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHogarth\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eAmerican First\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Volumes: \u003c\/b\u003e2\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e432\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Using an alchemy all of her own, Eyre s postmodern take on the 17th century renders it dazzlingly fresh andcontemporary. \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVenetia Stanley was the great beauty of her day, so dazzling she inspired Ben Jonson to poetry and Van Dyck to painting. But now she is married, the adoration to which she has become accustomed has curdled to scrutiny, and she fears her powers are waning. Her devoted husband, Sir Kenelm Digby explorer, diplomat, philosopher, alchemist refuses to prepare a beauty tonic for her, insisting on her continued perfection. \u003cbr\u003e Venetia, growing desperate, secretly engages an apothecary to sell her viper wine a strange potion said to bolster the blood and invigorate the skin. The results are instant, glorious, and addictive, and soon the ladies of the court of Charles I are looking unnaturally youthful. But there is a terrible price to be paid, as science clashes with magic, puritans rebel against the decadent monarchy, and England slides into civil war. \u003cbr\u003e Based on real events and written with anachronistic verve, \u003ci\u003eViper Wine\u003c\/i\u003e is an intoxicating brew of love, longing and vanity, where the 17th and 21st centuries mix and mingle in the most enchanting and mind-bending ways.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Hogarth","offers":[{"title":"Viper Wine | Hermione Eyre | Hardcover | 9780553419351 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1779188","offer_id":50763838980354,"sku":"1779188","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61DRPKeISZL.jpg?v=1792066999","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/viper-wine","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}