Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.

Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men – which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine…

The Broken Binding's Fantasy subscription edition for August 2026, built on Bloomsbury's 20th Anniversary text. New cover art by Wylie Beckert with typography by Rachel St Clair, printed laminated case boards and illustrated endpapers by Alice Cao, digitally designed edges by Elsa Velasco, and more than twenty black-and-white interior illustrations by Portia Rosenberg carried over from the original edition. Introduced by V.E. Schwab. Royal hardback, sewn binding, acid-free paper and head and tail bands. This is the Tier 2 copy, issued unsigned and unnumbered.