Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Clarke, Susanna. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. 20th Anniversary Edition. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

ISBN: 1635576725 -- EAN: 9781635576726 ;

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The 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries. 

In nineteenth-century England, all was going along swimmingly for rich recluse Mr. Norell, who through his thoroughgoing research has gained for himself some of the lost power of England's magicians from the past.  Then a rival magician Jonathan Strange comes along and becomes Mr. Norrell's pupil.

You should enter this re-imagined world of nineteenth-century England, where magic is believed to be long gone until the mysterious Mr. Norrell breaks the silence with his extraordinary powers and gains instant fame.  Accompany a young and adventurous Jonathan Strange who also rises as a fellow magician and as an apprentice to Norrell, the two embark on a joint mission against France during the Napoleonic Wars.  But as Strange becomes fixated on more dangerous forms of magic, he risks losing his partnership with Norrell and all that he holds dear.  In her spellbinding debut novel, Susanna Clarke weaves a captivating tale of two magicians - teacher and student turned rivals - and their impact on history.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2001, and shortlisted for both the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award.  It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award, and the World Fantasy Award in 2005.