![]() ![]() An elegant and witty historical fantasy which deserves. Norrell and daring spellcasting novice Jonathan Strange, use magic to help England. Winner of Hugo Award: Novel Category 2005 and British Book Awards: Newcomer of the Year 2005. “The most sparkling literary debut of the year. TV Mini Series 2015 1h IMDb RATING 8.1 /10 13K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 3,496 62 Play trailer 0:21 1 Video 61 Photos Fantasy War In an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. ![]() Clarke's fertile imagination takes her readers to many a mysterious realm.” - The New York Times “The writing is captivating, the characters charming, and the notion that perhaps there's more to reality than what our senses tell us is, as Clarke might say with a smile, simply enchanting.” - NPR She writes about magic as if she's actually worked it.” - Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine And that magic: nobody writes about magic the way Clarke does. “A fiercely funny, beautiful writer, Clarke attacks her subject with the wit and craft of a Dickens or Austen, effortlessly mixing historical figures and events in with her magical ones. ![]() “Clarke's imagination is prodigious, her pacing is masterly and she knows how to employ dry humor in the service of majesty.” - Gregory Maguire, The New York Times Book Review “ Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last 70 years.” - Neil Gaiman ![]()
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