Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City

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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

**The Times instant Top Ten bestseller**

**A small hardback edition featuring an afterword by the author**

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 unco-operative 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.

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'Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous' Katherine Rundell

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781037203909
Published: October 2026

Number of pages: 96
Width: 132 mm
Height: 204 mm
Depth: 12 mm

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC