Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Newbery Medal (2002) Part satire

Part satire

career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars

Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Newbery Medal (2002) Part satireThe year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country. Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy