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魔法師吉伯特．諾瑞爾從約翰郡隻身來到倫敦，決心重振英國魔法。他吝嗇、乖戾、未老先衰，但是也是位法力高強，能令雕像開口，能讓某大臣年輕的未婚妻起死回生的傳奇人物。從約翰郡到倫敦，人們被他神祕的魔法迷得神魂顛倒。
在倫敦，諾瑞爾收了一位年輕學徒史傳傑，他高大、迷人且桀驁不馴。
師徒雙雄聯手，為當時的英王室召來幽靈船，一夜之間鋪就了通天大道。令河流改向，令天氣變色，最終幫助王室贏得了對抗拿破侖的戰爭，頓時成為舉國稱頌的英雄。
然而史傳傑法力日進之下，野心也與日俱增，相較於淡泊名利鍾情山林的諾瑞爾。兩代魔法師之間的衝突日漸高升。此際，另外一位歷史傳奇人物隨之上場：烏鴉王，英國魔法史上高手中的高手。此高人多年未露面，史傳傑千方百計找上了他。
史傳傑對這位傳奇法師的要求越來越過分，全然不顧後果，最終威脅到他與諾瑞爾的關係和他所擁有的一切寶貴財富……
兩個魔法師為了英國魔法復興事業走到一起，替英國打敗拿破倫奠定勝局，最終由於理念的不同而分道揚鑣……..
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This is a very long book but worth (almost) every page and gains 5 stars from me.I love the way it is written, the characters are developed in great depth and I particular like the Dickens-esque comical descriptions of them and their thoughts throughout the story. The ideas of the author, particular the 'world' which she has created, are fantastic. It always amazes me how someone can come up with these ideas as I just don't have that imagination.There were some chapters during the middle which I thought were a little slow and probably longer than necessary but it soon picked up so that this didn't matter in the slightest.Fantastic. Big shame that it is the authors only novel although I will straight away obtain her short stories set in the same world [b:The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories|15161|The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories|Susanna Clarke|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312041234s/15161.jpg|3088909]