In 1886 a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night constructed entirely in black & white Le Cirque des Reves delights all who wander its circular paths & warm themselves at its bonfire. Although there are acrobats fortune-tellers & contortionists the Circus of Dreams is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds some ice. The circus seems almost to cast a spell over its aficionados who call themselves the reveurs
- the dreamers. At the heart of the story is the tangled relationship between two young magicians Celia the enchanters daughter & Marco the sorcerers apprentice. At the behest of their shadowy masters they find themselves locked in a deadly contest forced to test the very limits of the imagination & of their love...A fabulous fin-de-siecle feast for the senses & a life-affirming love story The Night Circus is a captivating novel that will make the real world seem fantastical & a fantasy world real.