Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab
Over 4 million copies sold



1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.

Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men - which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.

Review

Clarke creates a world beyond our wildest imagination that also tells us something profound about what it is to be human -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO

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

What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being -- DAVID MITCHELL

A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling -- MADELINE MILLER

Clarke's imagination is prodigious, her pacing masterly ― NEW YORK TIMES

One of the greatest and most interesting writers of fantasy in the past hundred years or more ― TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Full of epic sweep and intimate human drama . An imaginative treat ― DAILY TELEGRAPH

Many books are to be read, and a few are meant to be lived in for weeks. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is of this last kind ― WASHINGTON POST

Purely joyful reading -- NAOMI ALDERMAN

Ravishing ... Combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece that rivals Tolkien ― TIME

Admirably inventive, frequently delightful -- MICHEL FABER

Feels unduly classical and nostalgic and yet timeless at the very same time and it has, at the heart of it, that thing which every truly great novel needs: a brilliant story . I adored this book ― GUARDIAN

A triumph of imaginative storytelling ― IRISH TIMES

About the Author

Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for 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. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Piranesi was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Susanna Clarke lives in Derbyshire.