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The book Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a behemoth, but I found it a gripping and detailed read. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, which raged during the early 1800s, the book explores a revival in "good, English magic", the likes of which had not been present in England for the past 400 years. English magic had, at the time of the book's setting, fossilized to the point where English magicians would vigorously debate about the history of magic as oppo ...more
The book Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a behemoth, but I found it a gripping and detailed read. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, which raged during the early 1800s, the book explores a revival in "good, English magic", the likes of which had not been present in England for the past 400 years. English magic had, at the time of the book's setting, fossilized to the point where English magicians would vigorously debate about the history of magic as oppo ...more
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