The works of Diana Wynne Jones, in order, one decade at a time, with Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow

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S1 E8: The Spellcoats
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S1 E8: The Spellcoats

The story is largely self explanatory, but certain obscurities in the text have been amended to avoid confusing the reader.

 The power of the land, the return of the king, and the magic of finding meaning in a text. 

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S1 E7: Drowned Ammet
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S1 E7: Drowned Ammet

Mitt was not sure he knew what a free soul was – it never occurred to him that his mother had no idea either – but he thought it was a splendid thing to be.

Revolution, righteous anger, gods and prophecy and the most common name in Holand.  

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