# A Madness Of Angels

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- Book: [A Madness Of Angels](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-griffin/a-madness-of-angels) ([A Madness Of Angels.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-griffin/a-madness-of-angels.md))
- Authors: [Kate Griffin](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-griffin)
- Publisher: orbit
- ISBN: 978-18-4149-733-4
- Published: 2009-09-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford - Samuel Johnson In fact, Dr Johnson was only half right. There is in London much more than life - there is power. It ebbs and flows with the rhythms of the city, makes runes from the alignments of ancient streets and hums with the rattle of trains and buses; it waxes and wanes with the patterns of the business day. It is a new kind of magic: urban magic. Enter a London where magicians ride the Last Train, implore favours of The Beggar King and interpret the insane wisdom of The Bag Lady. Enter a London where beings of power soar with the pigeons and scrabble with the rats, and seek insight in the half-whispered madness of the blue electric angels. Enter the London of Matthew Swift, where rival sorcerers, hidden in plain sight, do battle for the very soul of the city . . .