Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Author(s): Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke's novel is an epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who emerge to change its history. In the year 1806, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers and becomes a celebrity overnight. Another practising magician emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic and soon he risks sacrificing not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything else he holds dear.
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Winner of the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award. Longlisted for the Man/Booker Prize for Fiction 2004. Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award Published as part of the Bloomsbury 21st Birthday Celebrations Includes reading group guide Film rights have been acquired by the studio behind The Lord of the Rings trilogy
'An elegant and witty historical fantasy which deserves to be judged on its own (considerable) merit' Sunday Telegraph 'Full of spells, bad weather, statues that talk, haunted ballrooms and sinister gentlemen with thistledown hair be enchanted!' Elle 'A nourishing, 19th-century-style novel that will warm readers through any number of dark and stormy nights Clarke makes her magical story ridiculously engrossing' Daily Telegraph 'This is, in both the precise and the colloquial sense, a fabulous book a highly original and compelling work' Sunday Times
Susanna Clarke lives in Cambridge. She is also the author of The Ladies of Grace Adieu.
General Fields
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- : bloom
- : bloom
- : 31 December 2006
- : 198mm X 129mm X 46mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 August 2023
- : books
Special Fields
- : Susanna Clarke
- : Paperback
- : 21st birthday celebratory ed
- : 823.92
- : 1040
- : Illustrations,