Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (First U.S. Edition)

Susanna Clarke (author); Portia Rosenberg (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 1582344167 / ISBN 13: 9781582344164

Published by Bloomsbury USA, New York, 2004

About this Item

Bloomsbury USA, New York, 2004. First U.S. edition. First printing, with full number line to 1. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean copy with price ($27.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. A beautiful copy of Clarke's debut novel. This title was issued in the first printing with a white dust jacket or a black dust jacket. This is the BLACK jacket. Rear Stacks.

Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-3903

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (First U.S. Edition)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582344167
• ISBN 13: 9781582344164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.

In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.

Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France.

But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear.

Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.

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.