In the Hugoaward winning epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries two men change Englands history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806 most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrells pupil and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild most perilous forms of magic and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarkes brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenthcentury England and the two magicians who first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals emerge to change its history. show more