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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 


Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me...

Click here to read Jonathan Strange's reaction upon hearing that Bloomsbury were to publish Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
Click here to read Mr Norrell's reaction.

Click here to read more about the book and read an extract here.

'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years.' — Neil Gaiman

The Ladies of Grace Adieu

The Ladies of Grace Adieu

Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk

Click here to read 'The Duke of Wellington Misplaces his horse' taken from The Ladies of Grace Adieu. Click here to read an extract from John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Coal Burner, also taken from the collection.

"Susanna Clarke taps enchantingly into a vein of folkloric gold...These tales read as if Jane Austen had rewritten the Brothers Grimm..." — The Spectator