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Book · 2004
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Two magicians restore practical magic to England during the Napoleonic wars. Their uneasy partnership becomes a rivalry as secret bargains and the dangerous legacy of fairy magic threaten the people around them.
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Clarke never breaks voice or changes her slow, relentless pacing. It's a novel meant to be savored over the course of a month, not rushed through -- so that you can properly appreciate the rush of the climax.
Maggie Stiefvater on Goodreads I loved this. It's rich, wonderful and clever, with fascinating characterisation, world-building and brilliant themes. What a book.
Katie Lumsden on Goodreads Susanna Clarke concocts a wickedly credible parallel history of Britain in which magicians were as active and prominent as anyone else we learned about at school.
Michel Faber on The Guardian
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