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Glamour beyond 40
This is in response to some comments received about Lady Sarah Coignwood - the evil witch-queen villain of my early Fletcher books, who persued Fletcher with vicious determination to see him dead (or worse).
Lady Sarah is a wicked woman but is also exceedingly attractive to men, and can draw even the most sensible and dignified of men into her spell. Oh yes indeed. Oh yes! After all, what do you want in a work of fiction? A strong female villain who is ugly? If you want that, don't read my books.
But! Some of the more mathematically-adept of my readers have pointed out - having read my books, and for which thank you - they have pointed out that since Lady Sarah must be well over 40, then she could no longer be devastatingly attractive to men.
My reply to that is as follows: Elizabeth Hurley, Halley Berry, Demie Moore and others, who are all over 50. Do check, via Google images, because they are all ten years older than Lady Sarah in my books.
Finally, if by the Grace of God, my works and this post last so far in the future that you do not recognise the above ladies, then do your own check on whatever technology is current, to find images of the over 50's ladies in this category.
My case rests, with grateful thanks to the ikons of beauty named above,
In profoundest admiration,
John Drake.
Lady Sarah is a wicked woman but is also exceedingly attractive to men, and can draw even the most sensible and dignified of men into her spell. Oh yes indeed. Oh yes! After all, what do you want in a work of fiction? A strong female villain who is ugly? If you want that, don't read my books.
But! Some of the more mathematically-adept of my readers have pointed out - having read my books, and for which thank you - they have pointed out that since Lady Sarah must be well over 40, then she could no longer be devastatingly attractive to men.
My reply to that is as follows: Elizabeth Hurley, Halley Berry, Demie Moore and others, who are all over 50. Do check, via Google images, because they are all ten years older than Lady Sarah in my books.
Finally, if by the Grace of God, my works and this post last so far in the future that you do not recognise the above ladies, then do your own check on whatever technology is current, to find images of the over 50's ladies in this category.
My case rests, with grateful thanks to the ikons of beauty named above,
In profoundest admiration,
John Drake.
