Have you ever caught yourself reading a Regency novel and thinking, “This is great, but wouldn’t it be boss if there were more golems and witchcraft”? Well, The Twelfth Enchantment should be right up your alley, then.

The latest from San Antonio historical fiction writer David Liss (The Whiskey Rebels, The Devil’s Company), The Twelfth Enchantment resurrects, among others, the Luddites, Lord Byron, and Mary Crawford, a fictional character from Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, for a supernatural adventure story set in the early 19th century. It’s a fun, often witty read: Liss brings literary craftsmanship to the fantasy genre, and Janeites will get a kick out of the rehabilitation of Mary Crawford.

Liss will be at BookPeople tonight for a reading and booksigning starting at 7pm.

This article appears in August 12 • 2011.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...