 First edition | |
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Pamela Goodchild[1] |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Dalemark Quartet |
| Genre | Children's, Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers |
Publication date | 12 April 1979 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| ISBN | 0-333-25351-5 |
| OCLC | 59056937 |
| Preceded by | Drowned Ammet |
| Followed by | The Crown of Dalemark |
The Spellcoats (1979) 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.[2] 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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Diana refers to this time period in a lecture from 1992 on Heroes