In the book the author imagines he is living in his summer home in the town of Veere on the island of Walcheren in the Dutch province of Zealand.
The town of Veere forms the setting for "Van Loon's Lives", a book of contemporary fantasy written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon in 1942, in which the protagonists are able to magically summon the great men and women of history for weekend dinner parties, leading to often humorous incidents.
Ludwig van Beethoven | Vincent van Gogh | Van Morrison | Van Halen | Gus Van Sant | Anthony van Dyck | Ellen van Dijk | Van Diemen's Land | Van | Martin Van Buren | Days of our Lives | Eddie Van Halen | Melvin Van Peebles | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Jan van Eyck | Armin van Buuren | Van Cliburn | Townes Van Zandt | Private Lives | Van, Turkey | Dave Van Ronk | Van Dyke Parks | Van der Graaf Generator | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Lee Van Cleef | Days of Our Lives | Van Gogh | Han van Meegeren | Armin Van Buuren | Van Johnson |
Through her Talk It Out! interviews, Jodi has discussed in-depth issues such as the fear of flying with Benjamin Burnley of Breaking Benjamin, organic nutrition with Danielle Evin at Farm Aid, reproductive health with Moby, Janeane Garofalo, and Gloria Steinem at March for Women's Lives, and world love with The Black Eyed Peas.
Returning to England, he completed an edition of Plutarch's Lives (5 vols. London, 1729); it had been started by Augustine Bryan, and Thomas Bentley had then proposed to continue it.