Nope. Rather a universe that is parallel to ours with the difference that where we have science they have magic. And so things that are impossible here - like Maxwell's Demon for instance - do exist.

Matt who is just about to make his major in English literature founds a parchment and tries to decipher it. And this parchment in fact is a magical spell that transports him into this parallel universe which is very Medieval and magical! And magic works by saying poetry...

A great series, A Wizard in Rhyme, I think the whole series is called! *adores those books*