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Jessamy Taylor’s top 10 castles in fiction

Posted on Saturday, March 7, 2015 in Fandomlinks

Jessamy Taylor’s top 10 castles in fiction | Children's books

“There are many things you can do with a good castle. Hide in it. Feast in it. Break into it. Break out of it. Plot in it. Live your whole life in it. Fiction is full of castles: on hillsides, in forests, in towns, on clifftops. Castles dreaming in the distance, or castles looming over your head. Castles made of stone, of wood, of ice; with passageways tunnelling deep into the ground, or spiralling high with turrets and stairways. Castles safe and warm, or frightening and oppressive; busy and functional, or lonely and ruined. They’re everywhere, and they are hard to resist.

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I think my favorite is Howl’s Moving Castle. I love how it’s in four different places at the same time. Imagine the possibilities.

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