The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab Over 4 million copies sold

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab Over 4 million copies sold ‘The book I wish I'd written’ R F Kuang ‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine… 'Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint' Guardian

"Clarke’s imagination is prodigious, her pacing masterly" - NEW YORK TIMES

"One of the greatest and most interesting writers of fantasy in the past hundred years or more" - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

"Full of epic sweep and intimate human drama … An imaginative treat" - DAILY TELEGRAPH

"Many books are to be read, and a few are meant to be lived in for weeks. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is of this last kind" - WASHINGTON POST

"Ravishing ... Combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the delicious social comedy of Jane Austen into a masterpiece that rivals Tolkien" - TIME

"Feels unduly classical and nostalgic and yet timeless at the very same time and it has, at the heart of it, that thing which every truly great novel needs: a brilliant story … I adored this book" - GUARDIAN

"A triumph of imaginative storytelling" - IRISH TIMES