~ Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ~

Автор: Clarke Susanna, Rosenberg Portia
Издатели: Bloomsbury, год выпуска 2005
ISBN: 9780747580690
Серия: The International Bestseller
Год: 2005

Описание:
The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr. Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country. Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms the one between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts arc going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.