Sapere Books UK are releasing the Victor Constant Investigations series in June this year and the first title is on preorder at Amazon here. I am delivering the fourth in the series to Sapere this month. During an intimate conversation in that novel, a passionate young artist confesses that amongst the art works in Rome she can think of only one likeness of Victor's mouth, in a representation of the Emperor Lucius Verus. The head shown here is held in the Bardo Museum in Turin. I agree with her but only the upper lip is accurate, and to see the rest of the face you'd need to read the novel, which will also be out this year.
Monday, 23 March 2026 00:57