The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke

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Rating 8.1/10

This is a hugely enjoyable book and one that will be read more that once.

A book of short stories from the Author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell may seem a departure of sorts after writing what is after all a tome (and a half), however, there has been no compromise here in Clarke’s lyrical writing style or her talent for storytelling, instead we find a book of eight very grown up fairy tales that act as a delicious late night snack to the main course that was her first novel. Just because this is a shorter book does not mean there has been any short changing of the reader where detail is concerned. Here you will find footnotes aplenty and a rather wonderful introduction from a Professor of Sidhe (Faerie) studies. The introduction serves not only to explain a little of the world of Faerie but to remind the reader of certain characters found in Clarke’s bestseller that can be found once again in this book such as Jonathan Strange (The Ladies of Grace Adieu) and the Raven King (John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner). Other characters to be found include none other that Mary, Queen of Scots and a number of dark, macabre and not un-Brother’s-Grim-like characters that serve to shock and entertain in equal measure.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories (Amazon.co.uk)

Author: Susanna Clarke
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
Publication date: 2007-09-03
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

RRP: £7.99
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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'.
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories (Amazon.co.uk)

Author: Susanna Clarke
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
Publication date: 2007-09-03
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

RRP: $12.67
Lowest new price: $3.85
Lowest used price: $0.01

Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates or with endless paths in deep, dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairy tales include 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".
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