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Susanna Clarke

/ December 19, 2004 / Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Susanna ClarkeThis 800-page tome about dueling magicians in early 19th-century England took the literary world by storm and was published in over twenty languages. It is Clarke’s first book, took her ten years to write, and is an utterly fascinating story of an imagined British past complete with evil faeries, long-lost kings, archaic spells, parallel universes, and such actual historical figures as Napoleon, Lord Byron, the Duke of Wellington, and King George.Listen Now

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