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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
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OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award; longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
'Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years ... Funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical' NEIL GAIMAN
The year is 1806. centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country.
Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell.
So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.
Product details
| Published | 09 Apr 2015 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 1024 |
| ISBN | 9781408856888 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Clarke creates a world beyond our wildest imagination that also tells us something profound about what it is to be human
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
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This is a great huge long book that will change your life ... One of my all-time favourite books
ANN PATCHETT
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A modern masterpiece ... It is that rare beast, a cult novel that is also a mainstream smash hit and continues to beguile its legions of readers to the present day … An indelible, fascinating story, one to lose oneself in for days, even weeks
SPECTATOR
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What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being
DAVID MITCHELL
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A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling
MADELINE MILLER
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Clarke's imagination is prodigious, her pacing masterly
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