"For a bit," Strange admits, with a nod. "But truth be told, I ignored most of their advice. A large portion of London society didn't want to see my book published in the first place. Some proposed changed reflected that."

Norrell, Pole, undoubtedly more men in government who thought his book 'dangerous' and 'seditious.' How ridiculous. It was history, England's actual history that those men tried to brush away with talk of respectability and magic for the modern age and all that nonsense.

Strange starts to sulk slightly, lost in his own thoughts and own grudges against certain people back home.