![]() ![]() Additionally, she’s a natural at magic, and she’s done taming herself. In essence, she reminds me of Anne Shirley (an orphan who teaches at a school for girls), Elizabeth Bennet (opinionated and witty), and Mary Crawford (driven to marry advantageously). Enter Prunella, a half-Indian woman with a mysterious parentage. Instead of embracing their power, girls must train to be Gentlewitches (who literally use killing curses on themselves to tame their abilities). ![]() They even accuse him of murder behind his back.Īnd, naturally, women’s magic must also be muted. Of course, all the stuffy gentlemen want nothing to do with a black man as their leader. ![]() ![]() Magic and mayhem collide with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.Īt his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, freed slave, eminently proficient magician, and Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers-one of the most respected organizations throughout all of Britain-ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up.īut when his adventure brings him in contact with a most unusual comrade, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain-and the world at large… THE STORY OF SORCERER TO THE CROWNįirst of all, the characters in Sorcerer to the Crown are fabulous in a Jane Austen sort of way! Zacharias, a freed slave, is the Sorcerer Royal of England. ![]()
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