num_pages: 235
description: Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, or with endless paths in deep dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairytales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Strange himself and the Raven King.
language: English
title: The Ladies of Grace Adieu
titlecomplete: The Ladies of Grace Adieu
characters: Jonathan Strange, Gilbert Norrell, John Uskglass (The Raven King)
genres: Short Stories, Historical, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, British Literature, Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 20455
places: United Kingdom
series: Strange & Norrell
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC