Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell ~ SIGNED 20TH ANNIVERSARY FIRST/FIRST

Clarke, Susanna

ISBN 10: 1526681552 / ISBN 13: 9781526681553

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

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EXTRAORDINARILY SCARCE SIGNED! 20TH ANNIVERSARY FIRST EDITION, first printing thus. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed to bespoke, publisher specific, bookplate which is laid in rather than affixed. NOT inscribed to anyone. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab Over 4 million copies sold The book I wish I''d written R F Kuang Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous Katherine Rundell 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… ''Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint'' Guardian. Seller Inventory # ABE-1740070602178

Bibliographic Details

Title: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell ~ SIGNED ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication Date: 2024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition, Special Edition

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Synopsis:

The 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, where two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world, now with a new introduction from V.E. Schwab.

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.