He impresses government ministers when, with the aid of a villainous gentleman with thistledown hair from the land of Faerie, he manages to bring an influential politician’s newly deceased fiancée back to life.
We begin with Mr Gilbert Norrell, a keen collector of books on magic, who sees himself as the only practical magician in England, the others like those of The Learned Society of York Magicians are merely theoretical magicians. Clarke has clearly read many Victorian and Regency writers and has the literary nous, but J K Rowling is much better at drawing you into her fantasy world created with characters who you really care about. If you are expecting a Hogwart’s for grown-ups you will be disappointed. Set in the Regency Period, this is a story of English magicians, particularly the two of the title. Updates on Goodreads for the first 70% of the book The updates I posted on Goodreads of my progress couldn’t all fit on one page. It was just so long (1006 pages) and so slow paced. This book took me an age to read, I began on 1 August 2018 and finished it yesterday (October 28, 2019).
Strange has found a way to bring it back.”
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