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The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City

By Susanna Clarke
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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. 1110 A.D. The fairy host sweeps across the North of England and the city of Durham is under siege. Wearily... Read More
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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

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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.

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 uncooperative 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

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ISBN: 9781037203909

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Circus

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

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

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