The Magic of England

October 18, 2004 · Gregory Feeley, Magazine, Books and Arts

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

The Way It Wasn't

September 6, 2004 · Gregory Feeley, Magazine, Books and Arts

PART FICTION, part historical speculation, the publishing genre known as "alternate history" is a literary chimera--a seeming anomaly that is perfectly in sync with its time. Popularized by the Edwardians, alternate history pottered along for decades, mostly as a literary curiosity, before roaring…