Historical fiction is perhaps the only genre that I feel iffy about reading – I tend to either enjoy it very much, which is quite rare, or it’s a total disappointment. With “Viper Wine” however I came to accept its numerous shortcomings while at the same time enjoying it immensely, especially becaus...
Notice my start to finish date? Yeah. It seriously took me THAT LONG to understand what I was reading. It wasn't necessarily challenging but I kind of felt like I was reading on an acid trip. IF I were to go on an acid trip, it'd be similar to this. *Cue Twilight Zone music now*Venetia Digby is infa...
Between the two of them, husband and wife Sir Kenelm Digby and Venetia Stanley embody an age. Digby lived in the curious world of pre-Scientific Revolution discovery, when alchemy was studied as seriously as anatomy. Venetia was a court beauty who acted in masques for King Charles I. Hermione Eyre's...