Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell (Tv Tie In)

Author: Susanna Clarke

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $21.99 AUD
  • : 9781408856888
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • :
  • : 0.615
  • : August 2014
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 21.99
  • : April 2015
  • :
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • :
  • :
  • : Susanna Clarke
  • :
  • : Paperback
  • : Media tie-in
  • :
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • :
  • :
  • : 1024
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9781408856888
9781408856888

Local Description

September 2015 – TV Tie In

Description

NOW A MAJOR SEVEN-PART BBC TV SERIES. Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me ...The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and 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 opposite of Norrell. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms the one 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.

Promotion info

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC SEVEN-PART TV SERIES

Reviews

Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years. It's funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical ... Closing Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell after 800 pages my only regret was that it wasn't twice the length Neil Gaiman '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

Author description

Susanna Clarke's first novel was the international bestseller Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It was published in over thirty countries, shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Guardian First Book Award and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. It won the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. Susanna Clarke lives in Cambridge.