The Ladies of Grace Adieu

Der neue Roman der Bestsellerautorin von 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'Ein riesiges Gebäude, in dem sich endlos Räume aneinanderreihen, verbunden durch ein Labyrinth aus Korridoren und Treppen. An den Wänden stehen Tausende Statuen, das Erdgeschoss besteht aus einem Ozean, bei Flut donnern die Wellen die Treppenhäuser hinauf. In diesem Gebäude lebt Piranesi. Er hat sein Leben der Erforschung des Hauses gewidmet. Und je weiter er sich in die Zimmerfluchten vorwagt, desto näher kommt er der Wahrheit - der Wahrheit über die Welt jenseits des Gebäudes. Und der Wahrheit über sich selbst.

Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction<BR>A SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<BR><BR>The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, 'one of our greatest living authors' NEW YORK MAGAZINE<BR>__________________________________<BR>Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.<BR><BR>In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone.<BR><BR>Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims?<BR><BR>Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.<BR><BR>The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.<BR>__________________________________<BR>'What a world Susanna Clarke conjures into being . Piranesi is an exquisite puzzle-box' DAVID MITCHELL<BR>'It subverts expectations throughout . Utterly otherworldly' GUARDIAN<BR>'Piranesi astonished me. It is a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling' MADELINE MILLER<BR>'Brilliantly singular' SUNDAY TIMES<BR>'A gorgeous, spellbinding mystery . This book is a treasure, washed up upon a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered' ERIN MORGENSTERN<BR>'Head-spinning . Fully imagined and richly evoked' TELEGRAPH<BR><BR>**Pre-order now**<BR>**The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - with an exquisite new package and an exclusive introduction by V E Schwab**<BR>**Buy The Wood at Midwinter - a beautifully illustrated Christmas story from the queen of fantasy**

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab<BR>Over 4 million copies sold<BR><BR>'The book I wish I'd written' R F Kuang<BR>'Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous' Katherine Rundell<BR>'A modern masterpiece' Spectator<BR>'One of my all-time favourite books' Ann Patchett<BR><BR>1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.<BR><BR>Yet the cautious Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician. Young, handsome and daring, Jonathan Strange is his very antithesis. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men - which overwhelms that between England and France. And soon their own secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.<BR><BR>'Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke has made the very notion of genre seem quaint' Guardian