Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 0747579881 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Oldgirl58 of Chermside, Queensland Australia on 9/22/2022
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Journal Entry 1 by Oldgirl58 from Chermside, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 22, 2022
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English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory.
But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr. Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman from the dead. Soon he is lending his help to the government in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte, creating ghostly fleets of rain-ships to confuse and alarm the French.

All goes well until a rival magician appears. Jonathan Strange is handsome, charming, and talkative, the very opposite of Mr. Norrell. Strange thinks nothing of enduring the rigors of campaigning with Wellington's army and doing magic on battlefields. Astonished to find another practicing magician, Mr. Norrell accepts Strange as a pupil. But it soon becomes clear that their ideas of what English magic ought to be are very different. For Mr. Norrell, their power is something to be cautiously controlled, while Jonathan Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic. He becomes fascinated by the ancient, shadowy figure of the Raven King, a child taken by fairies who became king of both England and Faerie, and the most legendary magician of all. Eventually Strange's heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens to destroy not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holds dear.

Journal Entry 2 by Oldgirl58 at Chermside, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 22, 2022
Quite an interesting read

Journal Entry 3 by Oldgirl58 at Chermside, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 22, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (9/23/2022 UTC) at Chermside, Queensland Australia

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Will take to the next B/crossing catch up. If not picked up will leave somewhere

Journal Entry 4 by kidwrangler at Gold Coast, Queensland Australia on Sunday, September 25, 2022
Picked up today at Bris BC lunch. I couldn't resist adding to Mt TBR! Thank you for sharing :)

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