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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting story full of medieval magic
1110 in the city of Durham. The North of England is under fairy siege in the years following the Norman conquests - and the city’s Bishop Ranulf Flambard prepares, with some weariness, to surrender.
Giving up Durham will prove a far more complicated adventure that Ranulf could have ever imagined. His quest will lead him through moving enchanted forests to a New Castle on the banks of the River Tyne - where a court of deceptive would-be fairy queens, shape-shifting stags and a beautiful teenage Raven King await his arrival…
A long-lost chapter in the lore of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City is an enchanting and enchanted adventure into the magic of medieval England.
Praise for Susanna Clarke:
‘Spellbinding’ Dua Lipa
‘A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling’ Madeline Miller
‘Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell
Genre: Fantasy
1110 in the city of Durham. The North of England is under fairy siege in the years following the Norman conquests - and the city’s Bishop Ranulf Flambard prepares, with some weariness, to surrender.
Giving up Durham will prove a far more complicated adventure that Ranulf could have ever imagined. His quest will lead him through moving enchanted forests to a New Castle on the banks of the River Tyne - where a court of deceptive would-be fairy queens, shape-shifting stags and a beautiful teenage Raven King await his arrival…
A long-lost chapter in the lore of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City is an enchanting and enchanted adventure into the magic of medieval England.
Praise for Susanna Clarke:
‘Spellbinding’ Dua Lipa
‘A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling’ Madeline Miller
‘Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell
Genre: Fantasy
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