Jonathan Strande and Mr. Norrell. Clark S.

“So the novel“ Master and Margarita ”might look like if Dickens wrote it,” says Alexander Genis, and Neil Gaiman called this book “The Best Literary Fairy Tale in English over the past seventy years”. Here, England, the country of ancient magical traditions that remained in the past, is fighting with Napoleon, and the cautious Mr. Norrell and his impulsive student Jonathan Strend dream of reviving magical art. Here, “Dark mythology against the backdrop of a delightful comedy of customs in the spirit of Jane Osten gives rise to a masterpiece of Tolkino scale” (Time). Here, incredible conflicts, human and inhuman, are described with absolute reliability, and the realities, style, language of the bygone era are recreated with the scope and meticulousness of the "name of the rose" Umberto Eco.

The novel was translated into dozens of languages, spread over a million copies around the world and was filmed: in 2015, the Mini-series of the first BBC television channel was released, the main roles were played by Bertie Karel and Eddie Marsan.

The translation is published in the new edition, with additional materials and many illustrations.