num_pages: 1006
description: 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 Norrel. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.
language: English
title: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
titlecomplete: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
characters: Gilbert Norrell, Dr. Lancelot Greysteel, John Childermass, Mrs Delgado, Vinculus, The Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair, John Segundus, Louisa Greysteel, Christopher Drawlight, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Arabella Strange, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Flora Greysteel, Henry Woodhope, Mr. Honeyfoot, Jonathan Strange, Stephen Black, Henry Lascelles, Sir Walter Pole, Lady Emma Pole, John Uskglass (The Raven King)
genres: Magic, Historical, Fiction, Magical Realism, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 231462
places: Yorkshire, England, Venice, Italy, England, London, England, United Kingdom
series: Strange & Norrell
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel and Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Cena Akademie SFFH
category: Kniha roku (Book of the Year)
publisher: Bloomsbury