Mr Norrell makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious being to resurrect a young woman and prove himself the greatest magician in England - unaware that the wayward but charming Jonathan Strange also has magical gifts.

Mr Norrell takes Jonathan Strange as his apprentice in the ways of magic, but as Strange's magical abilities grow in power, it becomes clear the pupil will soon outshine the master and Norrell can't allow this.

Jonathan Strange harnesses ancient magic as he fights against Napoleon's armies, while Mr Norrell schemes to protect his reputation and keep his secret pact with the Gentleman hidden from Arabella and the increasingly disturbed Lady Pole.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell clash when Strange uses the dangerous magic of the Raven King to try to cure mad King George.

Jonathan Strange returns from the Battle of Waterloo, but his hopes for a peaceful life with Arabella are destroyed when the Gentleman tricks him into a fiendish magical bargain that wrecks all his hopes of happiness.

Desperate to resurrect his wife, Strange drives himself insane to access dangerous fairy magic, but when the evil Gentleman discovers that Strange now has the power to enter his realm, he unleashes a terrible curse.