Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 1st Edition 2004

Description: Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 1st Edition 2004, this edition is not signed This is a near fine copy of a fabulous book...White cover is more rare as first editions were printed in both white and black covers with the black cover being used for later prints (except for a special Red cover Christmas edition, 8th print)... Yes, a long book at 782 pages but well worth it, enthralling, and will leave one feeling accomplished...made into a six episode BBC One television series... "Awards2005 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel (nominee)2005 Hugo Award for Best Novel2005 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Best Book2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2004 Booker Prize for Best Novel (nominee)2004 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (nominee)2004 Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel (nominee) Centuries ago when magic still existed in England, the greatest magician of them all was the Raven King. A human child brought up by fairles, the Raven King blended fairy wisdom and human reason to create English magic. Now at the beginning of the nineteenth century, he is barely more than a legend, and England, with its mad King and its dashing poets, no longer believes in practical magic. Then the reclusive Mr Norrell of Hurtfew Abbey appears and causes the statues of York Cathedral to speak and move. News spreads of the return of magic to England and, persuaded that he must help the government in the war against Napoleon, Mr Norrell goes to London. There he meets a brilliant young magician and takes him as a pupil. Jonathan Strange is charming, rich and arrogant. Together, they dazzle the country with their feats. But the partnership soon turns to rivairy. Mr Norrell has never conquered his lifelong habits of secrecy, while Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous magic. He becomes fascinated by the shadowy figure of the Raven King, and his heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens, not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holds dear. Elegant, witty and utterly compelling, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell creates a past world of great mystery and beauty that will hold the reader in thrall until the last page." "Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959, the eldest daughter of a Methodist Minister. A nomadic childhood was spent in towns in Northern England and Scotland. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and has worked in various areas of non-fiction publishing, including Gordon Fraser and Quarto. In 1990 she left London and went to Turin to teach English to stressed-out executives of the Fiat motor company. The following year she taught English in Bilbao.She returned to England in 1992 and spent the rest of that year in County Durham, in a house that looked out over the North Sea. There she began working on her first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell." Quotes from FantasticFiction.com

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