From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting illustrated short story full of medieval magic

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting illustrated short story full of medieval magic

**The Times instant Top Ten bestseller**

**A small hardback edition featuring an afterword by the author**

1110 A.D. The fairy host sweeps across the North of England and the city of Durham is under siege. Wearily the Bishop of Durham, Ranulf Flambard, prepares to surrender – something which proves far more difficult than he could have imagined.

His quest will lead him through a landscape of unco-operative rivers and enchanted forests to a New Castle on the banks of the River Tyne – where, with any luck, he will be received by a court of deceptive, would-be fairy queens, shape-shifting stags and a beautiful teenage Raven King.

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

Details

ISBN13: 9781037203909
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 96
Edition: Unabridged edition
Publication Date:
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 20.4(H)x13.2(L)x1.2(W)171
Weight (gm): 171

Author Biography

Susanna Clarke’s debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has been published in more than thirty-four countries and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004 and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. It won the British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Clarke's second novel Piranesi was an international bestseller and won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021, and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award. She lives in Derbyshire

Reviews

Praise for Susanna Clarke: 'Clarke creates a world beyond our wildest imagination that also tells us something profound about what it is to be human -- Bernardine Evaristo, Women's Prize Chair of Judges 2021
What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being -- David Mitchell
Spellbinding -- Dua Lipa
A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling -- Madeline Miller
Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint * Guardian *
One of the greatest and most interesting writers of fantasy in the past hundred years or more * Times Literary Supplement *
Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous -- Katherine Rundell
A treasure, washed up upon a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered -- Erin Morgenstern
Purely joyful reading -- Naomi Alderman
Utterly compelling – bewildering, intense, moving, shocking, combining a haunting fantasy with sharp insight -- Rowan Williams