FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. All is going well for rich, reclusive Mr. Norell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr. Norrell's pupil. A witty fantasy set against the backdrop of 19th-century England.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Literature & Fiction

Clarke, Susanna

Humor & Satire

Turtleback Books

Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me Centuries ago, when magic still existed in England, the greatest magician of them all was the Raven King. A human child brought up by fairies, the Raven King blended fairy wisdom and human reason to create English magic. Now, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, he is barely more than a legend, and England, with its mad King and its dashing poets, no longer believes in practical magic. Then the reclusive Mr Norrell of Hurtfew Abbey appears and causes the statues of York Cathedral to speak and move. News spreads of the return of magic to England and, persuaded that he must help the government in the war against Napoleon, Mr Norrell goes to London. There he meets a brilliant young magician and takes him as a pupil. Jonathan Strange is charming, rich and arrogant. Together, they dazzle the country with their feats. But the partnership soon turns to rivalry. Mr Norrell has never conquered his lifelong habits of secrecy, while Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous magic.He becomes fascinated by the shadowy figure of the Raven King, and his heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens, not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holds dear. Elegant, witty and utterly compelling, Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell creates a past world of great mystery and beauty that will hold the reader in thrall until the last page.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

Literary

BLOOMSBURY

In York in the early 1800s, a society of magicians meet to read each other long, dull papers upon the history of English magic. In their opinion, there are no practising magicians left in the country of England. Little do they know that they are soon to encounter the reclusive Mr Norrell of Hurtfew Abbey, who will cause the stone statues of the Cathedral of York to speak and dance - and a beautiful young woman to be raised from the dead. Mr Norrell goes to London, persuaded that he must make his gifts available to the government in its war against Napoleon. He swiftly becomes a man of influence and distinction, only to be threatened by the appearance of Jonathan Strange, a charming and rich young man with sardonic eyebrows and an extraordinary talent for magic. It is a talent that will take Jonathan Strange to the very edges of darkness, where lurks the shadowy figure of the Raven King, a human child taken by the fairies in ancient times, who became the most legendary magician of all Elegant, witty and utterly compelling, Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell creates a past world of great mystery and beauty that will hold the reader in thrall until the last page.It is an astonishing achievement.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

Contemporary

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Audio

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

In London in 1806, a dangerous battle begins between two rival magicians - the scholarly Gilbert Norrell, intent on reviving a centuries old tradition of magic, and the young and reckless Jonathan Strange - and their dark arts are unleashed into the politics of the Napoleonic wars. Published to critical and popular acclaim in 2004, the novel was Time magazine's Book of the Year.

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, or with endless paths in deep dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairytales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

The Ladies of Grace Adieu

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories - bk1637; Bloomsbury; Susanna Clarke; pocket_book; 2007

Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Audio

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

The Ladies of Grace Adieu

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

The Ladies of Grace Adieu