{"product_id":"the-bishop-of-durham-attempts-to-surrender-the-city","title":"The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePiranesi \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e, an enchanting and haunting illustrated short story full of medieval magic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1110 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA long-lost chapter in the lore of\u003ci\u003e Jonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City\u003c\/i\u003e is an enchanting and enchanted adventure into the magic of medieval England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Susanna Clarke:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Spellbinding’ \u003c\/b\u003eDua Lipa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling’\u003c\/b\u003e Madeline Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ \u003c\/b\u003eKatherine Rundell\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60825884721486,"sku":"9781037203909","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781037203909.jpg?v=1789481634","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/the-bishop-of-durham-attempts-to-surrender-the-city","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}