# The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City

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- Authors: [Susanna Clarke](https://www.bookquiver.com/susanna-clarke)
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- ISBN: 978-10-3720-390-9
- Pages: 96
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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 **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.