25 - Wizards and Waistcoats

Never the Twins Shall Meet

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.

You can learn more about Never The Twins Shall Meet at our website, neverthetwinsshallmeet.com