![]() ![]() Regency-era labor disputes are at the core of the novel, as is the rise of romanticism, the Jane Austen world, the war with France, the Industrial Revolution, and numerous historical characters I wanted to play around with. Zack Ruskin: How important is the setting of Regency England to the story in Twelfth Enchantment?ĭavid Liss: The setting is very important for many reasons. I take plenty of liberties, but the difference between my fiction and the historical record would be invisible to an outsider. I would do whatever I wanted with historical events and people as long as what happens would appear to be what really happened. With this book, I ultimately decided I would stick to the same principles, but it would be more about appearances. For my more traditional historical novels, I've always operated under the motto that I don't always have to be right, but I should never be wrong. Zack Ruskin: Do you set yourself any boundaries when mixing fantasy into historical fiction? Are you willing to take any liberty with a real figure such as Lord Byron, or are some things off-limits?ĭavid Liss: When I started working on the book, I really wasn't sure what kinds of limits I was going to place on myself, since this was a new kind of book for me. Earlier this week, David Liss was at Book Passage, where he read from his new book to an appreciative audience. Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin recently interviewed David Liss, author of The Twelfth Enchantment ($26.00). ![]()
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