INGENIOUS EDGAR JONES (PB)

Set in nineteenth-century Oxford, and shot through with a powerful sense of magic, this novel will appeal both to fans of historical fiction and the writing of Susanna Clarke and Philip Pullman. Edgar Jones is a porter's son with a magical talent and his abilities as a metalworker and designer are quickly noticed, and become a source of tension within the family. He comes to the attention of a maverick professor at work on a museum of the natural sciences and is plucked from obscurity and plunged into the heart of a debate which threatens to tear apart the university and his family.