I wish it were real!

Last class we discussed how JS& MN reads like a history of the world, and after that discussion, I realized that I really wished all that took place in the book were true. I am a sucker for historical fiction, I guess. I've been studying Spanish Civilization and while I was reading this novel I was also learning about the war against Napolean in Spain. So, all of the war bits were especially meaningful to me.

I read over the interview with Susanna Clarke that Andy linked us to, and she said she is working on a novel that takes place a few years later with the main characters being Childermass and Vinculus and a few of the other minor characters. I am very interested in finding out how her imaginary world compares to the history sans magic that we have studied. What will be the same? What will be different?