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We’re back! This week, we’re discussing A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske and and Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho, two novels that reimagine English history with a magical twist. Topics include wizard bureaucracy, ambitious women, and the way that both novels intertwine fantasy and history.

Other media mentioned:

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
Nimona by N.D. Stephenson
Heartstopper (TV show)
From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
K.J. Charles’s books
Jupiter Ascending
The Fantasy Inn podcast
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Black Sails (TV show)
The Brown Sisters Trilogy by Talia Hibbert
The Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Knives Out
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The True Queen by Zen Cho
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Legally Blonde
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Episode 21: Murder, Magic, and Making Different Histories

Content warnings: Discussions of historical homophobia, racism, sexism, slavery, and colonialism.

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