The Wood at Midwinter

<p><b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER<br><br>From the bestselling and prize-winning author of <i>Piranesi </i>and <i>Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell</i>, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.<br><br></b><i>'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.'</i><br><br> Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees-and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods.<br><br> One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst-and the path of her life is changed forever.<br><br>Featuring gorgeous illustrations truly worthy of the magic of this story and an afterword by Susanna Clarke explaining how she came to write it, this is a mesmerizing, must-have addition to any fantasy reader's bookshelf.</p>