Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - The Bloomsbury Phantastics

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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'An elegant and witty historical fantasy which deserves to be judged on its own (considerable) merit' Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Susanna Clarke
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.10.2009
• EAN: 9781408803448
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-0344-8
• No. of pages: 1024
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 45 mm
• Series: The Bloomsbury Phantastics; The Bloomsbury Phantastics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature