The Book Depository The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke
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Description: The Ladies of Grace Adieu : Paperback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9780747592402 : : 30 Mar 2016 : Contains stories from the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is illustrated by Charles Vess. This book includes the characters of a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King. The Book Depository The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: E.A. COLE
Rating: 5
Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is definitely in my top twenty books list so when I came across this slim volume of eight previously published stories based on the same characters and ideas from that novel I just had to read it. Only I didn't just read it I devoured it in an evening and reread each story more slowly the next. The world Susanna Clarke has created - a Regency England where magic has shaped its history, magicians practice their art and one, The Raven King, once ruled the North; where fairies, malevolent or benign, exist alongside men and women who may either be helped by them or be kidnapped by them into 'other' lands - is witty, delightful and beyond compare.It's Arthurian Legend dressed in a frock coat. It's English mythos channelled through Jane Austen. I love it! My favourite story - Mr Simonelli or The Fairy Widower -fits firmly in the latter mould with the hapless hero, a Reverend Gentleman, pitting wits with a particularly wicked fairy leading him to an unexpected discovery, whilst trying to improve his prospects by courting some rich young ladies! In the other stories The Duke of Wellington and Mary, Queen of Scots make appearances, as does The Raven King himself in a moral tale that is as funny as it is charming. The fact that Susanna Clarke has chosen the quality not quantity route of writing, (though JS&MN is a massive novel it took some years to write), makes each story in this book rare and precious. I await more with patience...
Author: Henry
Rating: 2
Review: Anyone who has read Jonathan Strange knows how good Susanna Clarke is, and this follow-up is a very welcome return to that world. A print copy would be an excellent book, but the kindle version which is sold is a travesty -- scanning errors abound, particularly missing punctuation and formatting which make the text hard to read. Five stars for the book, none for the publisher and this kindle edition.
