In the early 1800s, England was a country that had lost its
magic. True, the nation remembered a history filled with the magical deeds of legendary
past magicians and, in a few scholarly societies, gentlemen interested in magic still debated the theory of magic, but that was it. Until Mr Norrell came along, of course. Although studious and highly introverted, his fabulous achievements in the field of magic soon win Mr Norrell fame and honour in the highest circles of the capital. He also somewhat reluctantly acquires a pupil, the dashing and recklessly adventurous Jonathan Strange, who is, despite being the opposite of his tutor, is every bit as masterful as Mr Norrell where magic is concerned. When Jonathan''s lovely wife falls under an enchantment, the relationship between the two magicians, and also the future of England''s magic, hangs in the balance as the spectre of the Raven King - the greatest of all past magicians, a man who had been raised as foundling human child by the capricious fairies - returns for good or ill.
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