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Remove FREE. Unavailable for purchase. Continue shopping Checkout Continue shopping. Chi ama i libri sceglie Kobo e inMondadori. Maewen, a girl from present-day Dalemark, is transported by magic back in time to assist with the restoration of the royal line.
In ancient Dalemark, Noreth Onesdaughter, a twin likeness of Maewen and apparently descended directly from the ancient kings of Dalemark, asks people to accompany her on her quest to become Queen. Unfortunately, just before she goes to meet her followers, she disappears. Maewen is drafted to replace her, and she has to lead Noreth's followers, collect the four tokens that will prove her right to the throne, and convince everyone that she is Noreth, all the while hearing mysterious voices in the air.
Maewen sets out on her quest for the ancient crown of Dalemark with a small band of followers from the previous books in the series: Moril, Mitt, Navis Haddsson a refugee nobleman from the South, see Drowned Ammet , Wend the ancient magician-singer Tanamoril, Osfameron or Duck: see The Spellcoats , and Hestefan the Singer who is eventually exposed as the evil Kankredin's agent and the murderer of Noreth. When they finally receive the crown from the One, the supreme god-like power of Dalemark, it is not Maewen who receives it — but Mitt.
The Spellcoats is the third published novel in Diana Wynne Jones's series Dalemark Quartet , but chronologically the first. The story takes place several thousand years before Cart and Cwidder and Drowned Ammet.
The time period is referred to as "prehistoric Dalemark" because by the time of the other books, only legends remain from this time. The people of prehistoric Dalemark do not have a written language, but some know how to write by weaving in a language of runes using yarn of many colours and textures. As the new king, Mitt assumes the name Amil one of the One's secret names and continues to reunite and rebuild Dalemark as Amil the Great. Maewen goes back to her future, but she is followed by the evil Kankredin who seeks to kill her for foiling his plans in the past.
This is represented as a bomb threat to the building where Maewen is. Mitt, who we now learn is one of the Undying, appears as a bomb expert, and destroys Kankredin by invoking the "strong name" of the god-like Earth Shaker, who has been helping Mitt ever since his adventures in Drowned Ammet. Mitt leaves, sending Maewen a message to wait four years to contact him, presumably until she is old enough to marry.
On hearing this, Maewen decides that four years is far too long, and sets off to find him. The Crown is a particularly interesting addition to the Dalemark series, as many of the characters from previous books are seen from quite different perspectives, not necessarily favourable. Hildrida Navissdaughter, Earl Keril of Hannart, and the singer-magician Osfameron appearing as Wend are notable for the negative sides of their personalities that are brought out in the book. Diana Wynne Jones insists she will not be able to write a sequel to The Crown of Dalemark until she has worked out what becomes of Tanaqui The Spellcoats after the One has reshaped the land.
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Hildrida Navissdaughter, Earl Keril of Hannart, and the singer-magician Osfameron appearing as Wend are notable for the negative sides of their personalities that are brought out in the book. Diana Wynne Jones insists she will not be able to write a sequel to The Crown of Dalemark until she has worked out what becomes of Tanaqui The Spellcoats after the One has reshaped the land.
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