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The twelfth enchantment a novel

Lucy Derrick, a young Regency woman of good breeding and poor finances, is warned by a beautiful stricken man not to marry Mr. Olson, the local mill owner. Soon it becomes clear that there is more at stake than her own happiness--and that she is caught between two forces, one ancient and one modern.

Main Author: Liss, David, 1966-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, > Baron, > 1788-1824 > Fiction.
Blake, William, > 1757-1827 > Fiction.
Young women > England > Fiction.
England > Social conditions > 19th century > Fiction.
Regency fiction.
Love stories > England.
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Summary: Lucy Derrick, a young Regency woman of good breeding and poor finances, is warned by a beautiful stricken man not to marry Mr. Olson, the local mill owner. Soon it becomes clear that there is more at stake than her own happiness--and that she is caught between two forces, one ancient and one modern.
Physical Description: 399 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781400068968 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
1400068967 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9781588369628 (ebk.)
1588369625 (ebk.)
Author Notes: David Liss was born in New Jersey in 1966. He received an B.A. from Syracuse University, an M.A. from Georgia State University, and an M.Phil from Columbia University. His debut novel, A Conspiracy of Paper (2000), won the 2001 Barry, MacAvity, and Edgar awards for Best First Novel. His other works include The Coffee Trader (2003), A Spectacle of Corruption (2004), The Ethical Assassin (2006), The Whiskey Rebels (2008), and The Devil's Company (2009).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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