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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Thomas Evans

This award winning best-seller breaks the mold of modern fantasy. It is a mock history of an alternate Georgian England where magic exists, and indeed re-emerges through the course of the tale. It is a brilliantly told tale that perfectly mimics the stylistic nature of the histories of that period and incorporates a magic system that also matches Georgian concepts of faeries and the supernatural. Continue reading →

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