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Feb 2025: just re-read this 17 years later. It's still fantastic! Amazing magical realism to bring in sorcery and time travel to 18th century London. I loved the William Ashbless character (view spoiler)[and how he came about (hide spoiler)].

2008 review:
I enjoyed every second of this book. I haven't read a time travel book in a long time, but loved this one, as the descriptions of London in 1812 were very rich. I loved how Lord Byron and other famous poets were running around, and the descriptions of all the beggars were fascinating. Add in some ancient Egyptian magic and you've got a great book!

Random sidenote: It's interesting to think that back then poets were the rockstars of the age, as the only form of mass-media was newspapers, so those who mastered the written word could be broadcast much further than any musician or actor. How times have changed!