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Mairelon the Magician Mairelon the Magician (1991) The Magician's Ward (1997) A Matter of Magic (2010 omnibus edition Magic and Malice (book club omnibus edition) These books have a setting similar to the Kate and Cecy novels--a Regency England where magic works--though Caroline and I have carefully avoided establishing for certain that they take place in the exact same world. "Mairelon" is the stage name of Richard Merrill, a wizard who, in the first book, has just returned to England after several years spent spying during the Napoleonic Wars. He is pretending to be a stage magician, on the theory that no one will look for a real magician in the markets. After some initial misunderstanding, he teams up with Kim, a street thief, and the books follow their adventures at both ends of the social spectrum. |