Let The World Sing Along
Cart and Cwidder (Dalemark Quartet, volume 1)
By Diana Wynne Jones
1975’s Cart and Cwidder is the first book in Diana Wynne Jones’ Dalemark Quartet.
Osfameron Tanamoril Clennenson — Moril for short — has spent his life travelling from town to town with his father Clennan, mother Lenina, and siblings Dagner and Brid. The family troupe makes a living as travelling entertainers, messengers, and occasional escort for travellers in strife-torn Dalemark. In the course of their travels, they frequently cross from North Dalemark to South Dalemark and back.
A brutal encounter at a lakeside campsite ends their travels.